The New West

Why did People settle in the new west?

Economic opportunities

Personal Freedom

What were some challenges of the Western Landscape?

Little Rainfall, few rivers, or trees in the Great Plains

Natural resources caught the eyes of capitalist of Industry

Exodustors

African Americans who left the south to move west (mainly Kansas)

Barbed Wire

Began to be used as fencing for farms and it sparked arguments between land owners

True

Towns and ranches were built along railroads

How was cattle transported to the eastern part of the Untied States?

Joseph G. Mccoy convinced cattle ranchers to heard their cattle through his town (in Kansas) and onto Railroads to be transported

What were cowboys like?

Learned cattle ranching from Mexicans

Unmarried young men

One of the few jobs open to men of color

Effects of the Great Chicago Fire

An architectural boom occurred

Steel brick method and elevators