Miners and Ranchers

These were areas that sprang up almost over night?

• City

• Boomtown

• Vigilante

• Mining Town

Groups of individuals that controlled crime in small towns

• Marshalls

• Sheriffs

• Law Committee

• Vigilance Committee

This was the main source of revenue for the town of Tombstone

• Gold

• Silver

• Oil

• Lead

This was a new type of mining technique that used high pressure water

• Pressure Mining

• Hydraulic Mining

• Gold Mining

• Silver Mining

Did mining effect the land?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Which state gained its statehood because of mining?

• Oklahoma

• Arizona

• Kansas

• Virginia

What invention made enclosure of farmland possible?

• Barbed Wire

• Tractors

• Tillers

• Electric fencing

The US acquired most of the Southwest after this war

• Civil War

• Mexican-American War

• War of 1812

• Spanish-American War

This treaty allowed the original inhabitants of the Southwest to become American citizens

• Guadalupe Hispanola

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Guadalupe Mexico

• Guadalupe Americana

This made the journey West more feasible

• Boats

• Horse and wagon

• Railroads

• Automobiles