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growth of new towns
mining helped grow towns -
extinction of buffalo
u.s government encouraged bison slaughter -
jesse james
was a gang leader -
large amounts of gold discovered
cased excitment over the u.s -
homestead act
gave ownership of land -
transcontinetal railroad system
replaced dangerous transportation -
barbed wire
invented by Lucien b. smith of Kent Ohio -
wild west shows
william r. cody opened buffalo bills wild west show in Ohmaha Nebraska -
shift from long drive cattle ranching
Cattle Drives were the major economic activity in American West. 20 million cattle headed from Texas to Railheads in Kansas for shipments to stockyards in Chicago -
dawes act
provide allotment of land and severalty to indians
