Unit 6, Topic 2 Flashcard

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The first major flood of US population into the New West following the Civil War were: miners, ranchers, railroad workers, industrial workers

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miners

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All of the following are true about the Cowboy Culture of the mid/late 1800's EXCEPT: a significant number of cowboys were African Americans or Mexicans, their life style was tedious, lonesome and challenging work, they spent most of their time involved in round-ups and long-drives, the majority of cowboys would become national heroes in U. S. society

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the majority of cowboys would become national heroes in U. S. society

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The Homesteaders of the mid/late 1800's are associated with all the following EXCEPT: people who faced tremendous obstacles but who overcame many of those challenges by adapting to the environment, sod-homes made from what mud and grass, ability to use windmills to drill deep down into the soil to find a water source

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frequent attacks by Native Americans in the areas they moved into

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Soddies were homes built on the Great Plains from what materials?

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grass & soil

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Which term was used in the 19th Century to describe the western Great Plains because of its lack of trees? Options: Great American Desert, Louisiana Desert, American Southwest, Great High Plains

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Great American Desert

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Which of the following describes the transportation of cattle from ranches in Texas to railroad stations in Kansas: The Long Drive, The Grange, Comstock Drive, Texas-Kansas Trail

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The Long Drive

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The first major farmers' organization was the

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National Grange

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What effect did the mechanization of the American farm in the latter part of the nineteenth century have on the nation?

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It led to an increase in crop production at a lower cost to consumers making it hard for small family farms to compete with the corporate farms.

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All of the following are true about the Transcontinental Railroad EXCEPT: Promoted migration and settlement in the West, Increased conflict between settlers and Natives, Increased use of Chinese immigrants as laborers, Increased peace among settlers and Natives in the west

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Increased peace among settlers and Natives in the west

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Joseph Glidden invented this, which helped close the frontier: reaper, barbed wire, steel plow, combine

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barbed wire