Westward Expansion Test Flash Cards

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Boomtowns grew rapidly around mines

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Declined as soon as the gold or silver was worked out

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Mining's environmental impact

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In some areas, mining damaged the environment

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Growing population in the East

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Created a greater demand for beef

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Development of cattle trails to railheads like Abilene

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Enabled shipping of cattle to the East

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Creation of the Cattle Kingdom

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Resulted from the growing cattle industry

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Growing railroad traffic between East and West

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Facilitated by the cattle industry

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Increased economic growth and settlement in the West

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Resulted from the Transcontinental Railroad

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Massacre at Wounded Knee, 1890

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Marked the end of resistance by the Plains Indians

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Significance of the Ghost Dance movement

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Last great effort by Plains Indians to combat white settlement

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Result of the Dawes Act

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Reservation land was divided up and the rest sold off; it took about two-thirds of Indian land