Modern History Abeka ch 15 & Mystery of History weeks 14-15 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What brought lots of people into Colorado in 1858? What happened there after that?

Gold near Pikes Peak. Most didn't find gold but stayed to farm or ranch.

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What was the most famous battle of the Sioux War & what happened?

The Battle of Little Bighorn. Col. Custer's Last Stand failed and all of Custer's men were killed.

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What was the exodus of 1879?

When thousands of freed slaves moved out west to settle.

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From what 2 places did the people come from to make the cities' population explode?

From farms and from other countries (immigrants)

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What is inflation?

rapid increase in prices due to an increase in money supply

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What was the land like in the West, the last large area to be settled in the U.S.?

It was large plains or prairie land with few trees and rocks.

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What was the name of the gold and silver mine on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada?

The Comstock Lode

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How did the railroad affect the cowboys as they drove their cattle north in the summer to graze?

They could sell their cattle and have them shipped on the railroad.

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Where did many native Americans live after the U.S. gave away their land to farmers and ranchers?

Reservations.

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Why didn't the Dawes Act of 1887 succeed?

Native Americans weren't used to farming, because they had lived as nomads. (the land was bad for farming anyway)

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What did the Homestead act do and when was it enacted?

It opened the plains for settlement. 160 acres to anyone willing to pay $10 for recording fee and live on & farm the land.

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What were the 2 groups of immigrants named in the book & who was in them?

old immigrants (from northwestern Europe from before 1880's)& new immigrants (from southern & Eastern Europe after 1880)

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What is meant by Chinatown or Little Italy?

Immigrants of one country tended to live in one section of a city with others of that same country.

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