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Western Movement Quz

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A lode or bonanza is a(n) rich vein of gold or silver.
How did news of the Comstock Lode and other gold and silver strikes affect the West Thousands of prospectors (miners) moved to other areas of the West in search of gold and silver.
The result of the creation of the railroads in the west many cities appeared next to railroad stops in the west it became easier to ship goods between the east and the west due to the ease of travel the population of the west continued to rise
Texas longhorn cattle were popular throughout the Great Plains for all of the following reasons there was plenty of prairie grass to feed the cattle there were huge profits to made raising the cattle. longhorn cattle could travel a long ways without a lot of water stops
What did you call towns that grew up seemingly overnight around gold and silver strikes Boomtowns
At which of the following locations did the Lakota, led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, win a battle over General Custer and the U.S. Cavalry Little Big Horn
Why were treaties, like the Fort Laramie Treaty, broken by the US government? settlers discovered Gold or Silver settlers did not want to share the good farmland with the Indians settlers saw the Indians as in the way of American progress
Both the Sand Creek Massacre and the Massacre at Wounded Knee were both termed a “massacre” because the American Indians were killed while trying to surrender.
Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce planned to escape being forced onto a reservation in Idaho by attempting to flee to what country? Canada
Which of the following provided settlers with 160 acres of free land on the Great Plains if they agreed to farm it for 5 years? Homestead Act
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