Eboni Turner’s Goals 4-6

Core 3rd

March 31st

Objectives4.01 Compare and contrast the different groups of people who migrated to the West and describe the problems they experienced.4.02 Evaluate the impact that settlement in the West had upon different groups of people and the environment.4.03 Describe the causes and effects of the financial difficulties that plagued the American farmer and trace the rise and decline of Populism.4.04 Describe innovations in agricultural technology and business practices and assess their impact on the West.

KEY TERMS

Boomtowns- Quickly growing towns

Vigilance committees- Self-appointed volunteers who would track down and punish wrongdoers.

Hydraulic mining- remove large quantities of earth and process if for minerals.

Dry farming- was to plant seeds deep in the ground, where there was enough moisture for them to grow.

Sodbusters-Sodbusters- those who plowed the plains.

KEY TERMS

• Open range- a vast area of grassland that the federal gov’t owned.

• Long drive- but those that survived sold for 10 times the price they would have brought in Texas.

• Barriors- Hispanics settled in neighborhoods.• Great Plains- grew steadily in the decades after

the civil war.• Homestead- tract of public land available for

settlement.

MINING LEADS TO STATE HOOD

Mining also spurred the development of colorado, arizonia , the dakotas , and montana. After gold was discovered in 1858 in colorado near Pikes peak, miners rushed to the area, declaring “pikes peak or bust.” Many panned for gold w/o success and headed home, complaining of a “pikes Peaks hoax.”