C19L1 & L2 Review + W. States

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When booms were followed by busts what did boomtowns become?

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Towns located near railroads to market and ship cattle 

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Plains farmers

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_____ added stability to boomtowns by founding schools and churches.

Which railroad company began laying tracks westward starting in Omaha, Nebraska?

The tradition of cattle herding began with these Hispanic ranch hands

What was NOT a reason why settlers moved to the plains in the late 1870's? 

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Which town was NOT an important rail station?

Who wore wide brimmed hats, chaps, and lariats?

 A symbol  the ranchers used to burn into animals hides to show who owned the cattle

Which is NOT a danger that the cowhands faced on the long months on the trail?

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Why did the Long Drives happen?

What ended the "Cattle Kingdom"? 

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The ______ hired Chinese laborers to work on its tracks.

What is an area of land called that is not fenced or divided into lots?

The herding of cattle 1,000 miles or more to meet railroads

What kinds of government financial aid and land grants paid for railroad construction?

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When the transcontinental railroad was fully completed, where did the tracks meet?

Congress passed this Act which gave 160 free acres of land to settlers if they farmed the land

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The network of _____ expanded between 1865 and 1890.

Which was NOT a new farming method used by the Plains farmers?

A tough breed of cattle that was spread across Texas and was known for their prominent horns

What were people called who practiced their own brand of justice?

What are large deposits of minerals called?

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The Comstock Lode was one of the world's largest deposits of ____.

African Americans who migrated from the southern states into Kansas

In 1883 the American Railway Assoc. divided the country into four _______.

_____ is a rock from which gold is extracted.

10,000 people lined up to charge across Oklahoma to stake their claims on land