Lesson 10.2

Blue Highlighter = Definitely Important

ALMOST ALL OF THIS LESSON IS IMPORTANT

^^Miners set up camps → others moved there to sell supplies→ more people meant a call for order and hiring sheriffs^^

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^^Benefits of a Transcontinental Railroad:^^

• ^^The ability to transport goods across the country quickly^^
• ^^The ability for people to move across the country quickly^^
• ^^Both contributed to fast community growth^^

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Cattle Ranching Before Barbed Wire: cattle raised in an open range system

Cattle Ranching After Barbed Wire: Ranchers fenced their cattle

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^^Advantages of Settling on the Great Plains: Possibly acquiring cheap or free land^^

^^Disadvantages of Settling on the Great Plains: Bad Weather (made living/farming on the plains difficult)^^

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^^How did the Chinese and Mexican groups respond to discrimination?^^

• ^^Lawsuits^^
• ^^Relocation^^
• ^^Formed protest groups^^

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^^Despite Discrimination, minorities played important parts in settling the west ( mostly Chinese and Mexican Groups were out west)^^

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Situations that created tension between different groups in the west ( miners, farmers, ranchers, and sheepherders):

• Sharing limited resources
• damaging another supply
• mining contaminated water
• everyone needed water
• sheepherders and ranchers needed the same grasslands

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