The West, II

Pay attention to mining, the cattle industry, and farming in the West. And now, some questions, FYC:

1. Describe important features of the mining industry in the West.
2. What was the "Long Drive," and what factors determined if it was successful or not?
3. Define: The Homestead Act
4. What role did railroads play in the development of the "agricultural West"?
5. What is "dry farming"?
6. Why was 1890 a "watershed" date in the history of the American West?
7. Who was Frederick Jackson Turner, and what did he famously argue in his paper "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"

The West, I

Western Iconography

Here are some questions from pages 575-584, on the American West:

1. About how many Native Americans lived in the Great West (which your book describes as the area between the Pacific settlements and, in the east, a jagged North-South axis stretching from Texas to Canada) in 1860?
2. What affect did the horse have on tribes like the Cheyenne and the Sioux?
3. Describe the "fateful cycle" of contact between Indians and whites in the section "The Clash of Cultures on the Plains."
4. Define the reservation system.
5. Describe some of the patterns of the Indian Wars.
6. Define: the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
7. Why were the Apaches so difficult to Subdue?
8. List the factors involved in the "taming" of the Indians.
9. Define: Battle of Wounded Knee
10. Define: the Dawes Severalty Act