H11ch.2test

What resources were discovered in the Western USA, causing westward migration to increase?

• gold

• silver

• copper

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What caused towns to grow rapidly in the West?

• discovering of valuable resources

• emigrants moving west

• Chinese immigration

What is hydraulic mining?

• small place mining

• moving vast qualities of dirt

• drilling for oil

What new states were created due the Gold Rush?

• Colorado

• the Dakotas

• Nevada & Arizona

• Montana

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What breed of cattle was able to survive on the Great Plains?

• Hereford

• Angus

• Texas Longhorn

What was invented to close the open range?

• irrigation

• barbed wire

• tractors

What was used to ship cattle back to the East?

• semi-trucks

• river barges

• railroads

What happened to Mexican Americans land grants in California?

• they got to keep them

• they could sell them for a profit

• they got them taken from them by white settlers

How many acres could you get under the Homestead Act?

• 80

• 160

• 300

How else could you get additional free land?

• get a water claim

• get a timber claim

• get a CRP claim