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Test Coming UpChapter 18: Moving West STUDY GUIDEKey Terms: culture, ethnocentrism, culture diffusion, reservations, vaqueros

Check your Binders:Components of Culture ChartPlains Indians notesPlains Indians Way of Life EndsMiningCowboysHomesteadersFarming and PopulistsKnow and Understand:The Components of CultureHow the Native American way of life came to an endHow mining, cattle ranching and the railroads changed the appearance of the westThe Homestead process and the life of people on the frontier

**There will be a map of cattle drives and railroads on the test**

Notes: Text pgs. 590-592 & 602-605Pony ExpressTranscontinental RRThe Great RaceGolden SpikeThe National Grange Deflation/Free Silver MovementPopulist PartyThe End of the Frontier

Chapter 18 Notes: RailroadsPony Express messengers on horseback that brought information out west (1860s)Transcontinental Railroad a railroad that would cross the continent from East to WestThe Great Race a competition by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies to complete the transcontinental railroad, ended in Promontory Utah at the Golden SpikeThe Golden Spike a symbol of where the two new railroad lines would meetWhat were conditions like for railroad workers?Low pay, long hours, using explosives, dangerous weather conditionsWhat sad irony exists between the Chinese railroad workers in the 1800s and some immigrant workers today?They took dangerous and low paying jobs because the pay and conditions were still better than their mother countries.How did the railroad affect the development of the west and the economy?Provided many jobs, transported people/goods, shortened travel times, encouraged settlementChapter 18 Notes: Politics (page 602 - 605)National Grange social and educational organization for farmersPopulist Movement called for the government to own railroads and telegraph and telephone systemsWhy did the Populist Party want the government to own railroads and telegraph and telephone systems? To help control pricesDo you think farmers were successful in bringing about economic change and political change? Explain. Yes, Interstate Commerce Act ensured fair rates. No, their financial recovery was very slow.Why did the frontier cease to exist in the United States?Americans had settled all of the frontier land and there was no more open range left.

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