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extinction of buffalo in 1800s
Only at least 10 to 15 years it was in the north American
They only faced in till the 1890s. They romed the western ranges prior to European settlement. -
Jesse James
He was an American outlaw from Missouri. He was a memeber of the James-Younger Gang.
bank robber,train robber, and murderer. -
growth of new towns and cities to support cattle, mining, and farming industries
mining encoruged the growth of the farming and land use.
and also just so they could help make gold. -
Homestead Act of 1862
It became a law when by President Abraham Lincoln, Daniel freeman became the first person to file a claim under the new act. The people felt like they had no chose but to suffer. -
shift from “long drive” to “cattle ranching”
It was an activity in the American west.
The railheads started to become and getting "cow town"
Across American West. -
Barbed wire
Invented in 1867, in Kent Ohio
*Invented by: Wrien B. Smith
*the use of it was to construct inexpensive fenses and used atop walls surrounding property.
It is also kept animals in and wild animals out.
And where no one can trespass -
discoveries of large amounts of gold and silver
It had been named BIg Butte.
the population of the mining settlement reached 500 people.Gold is a heavy metal in a group known as the transition metals.
And the effect on that was that they became very wealthy -
Wild West Shows
Wereer traveling vaudeville performances in the U.S. & in the Europe.
The first poptype was called Buffalo Billis.
formed in the 1883-1913 -
Dawnes Act Of 1886.
The president got authorized the president of the United states to divide the tribal land for the individual Indians. The ones that accepted the allotments and lived seperatly from other tribes. -
transcontinental railroad system
It is part if the railroad passage
It is controlled by multiple railway companies along a continuous route.
It is used to help people get places faster. They layed down railroad tracks across 45,000 miles.
