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Chapter 11 summary - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 11 summary
Miners and Ranchers
The large population growth resulted in new states: Colorado, North and South Dakota, Nevada, Arizonan and Montana were all added to the Union.
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New mining technologies, such as hydraulic mining, made it possible to remove vast quantities of earth and process it, but it was at a great price to the environment
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Barbed wire fenced in the open range and was one reason ranching became big business and the cattle drives ended. and railroads provided an easy way to ship cattle to the East
Deposits of precious and valuable minerals, such as gold, silver, and copper were discovered
Settlers from the East clashed with Mexican Americans over land that often dated back to the Spanish land grants.
Farming the plains
Railroads bought settlers, lumber coal, and other supplies to the plains.
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Bonanza farming enabled farmers to form companies and hire laborers to plant thousands of acres which then yielded large profits.
New farming technology arise, for example, such as Deere's steel tipped plow, made it possible to farm on hard grounds.
The Homestead Act, passed in 1862, to encourage the settler to move to the west.
Native Americans
After a number of conflicts resulting in massacres, such as the Fetterman Massacre and the Sand Creek Massacre, reservations were established and Native Americans were often forced to relocate to these new homes
George A. Custer, ignoring orders, attacked and was defeated by the Lakota and Cheyenne, in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Miners, ranchers, and farmers competed with the nomadic Native Americans for ownership and use of land
The Dawes act, passed by Congress in 1887, allotted land to the Native Americans.