Lesson 10.2
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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^^
^^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^^
Cattle Ranching Before Barbed Wire: cattle raised in an open range system
Cattle Ranching After Barbed Wire: Ranchers fenced their cattle
^^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)^^
^^How did the Chinese and Mexican groups respond to discrimination?^^
- ^^Lawsuits^^
- ^^Relocation^^
- ^^Formed protest groups^^
^^Despite Discrimination, minorities played important parts in settling the west ( mostly Chinese and Mexican Groups were out west)^^
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