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By what name where the Great Plains also known in the 1840s?
Great American Desert.
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What factors made early migrants want to cross America?
Pushing them out of the East; Poverty, disease, religious or social persecution, taxation and eastern overpopulation. Pulling them to the west; Tall tales and newspaper reports, fertile cheap land, government encouragement, gold and silver.
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Give a breif description of Manifest Destiny.
Many white Americans believed that they were destined to occupy and govern all of North America. They saw it as their God-given right.They thought it was their "manifest destiny" to do so.
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Name one technological advance that helped Plains homesteaders.
Transconntinental railways.
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What made homesteading on the plains so difficult?
Little or no wood for buildings and fuel. Land too hard for light ploughs. Lack of water for crops. Wind and extreme climate. Grasshopper plagues destroyed crops.
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Who first discovered crops in California?
James Marshall.
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What was the most common technique used by prospectors to find gold?
Pannin the stream beds.
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This technique only worked for the early arrivals. Why?
The streams were soon exhausted and expensive underground mining took over.
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What choice faced many of the later arrivals because of this?
Prices for everything were huge, including transport home.
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How did the expectations of the 49ers compare with reality?
49ers had little choice - they could work for mining companies in foul conditions, or starve.
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What is the full name of the Mormon faith and who founded it?
"The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints" founded by Joseph Smith.
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Who kept law and order in the mining camps?
The Minors
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Describe the aspects of the Mormon faith that were unpopular with most other Americans.
Polygamy, their efforts to convert people, Political aspirations, Claims to be the chosen ones, Some Mormons formed a militia (the Danites).
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Why did the Mormons decide to settle in the Salt Lake Valley?
The Mormans believed that the area was geographically similar to Israel.
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What happened at Mountain Meadows?
In 1857 the US appointed a non-Mormon governor, who arrived with 2500 US troops. later that year 140 non-Mormon settlers were massacred at Mountain Meadows.
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Why did the railway companies encourage homesteading?
Their existence would help create communities and customers. Give them more power.
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How did the railway companies solve their labour problems?
By using Chinese workers.
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Where and when was the East-West rail link finally completed?
Lines built from the east and west finally met at Promontory, Utah, in May 1869.
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What were the special features of dry farming?
Using techniques like turning the soil after rain to retain the moisture.
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How was Texas Longhorn bred?
The Anglo-American settlers brought their own cattle with them, some descended from English Longhorns. Thier cattle interbred with Mexican Criollos, producing teh famous Texas Longhorn.
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What factors made early migrants want to cross America?

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Pushing them out of the East; Poverty, disease, religious or social persecution, taxation and eastern overpopulation. Pulling them to the west; Tall tales and newspaper reports, fertile cheap land, government encouragement, gold and silver.

Card 3

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Give a breif description of Manifest Destiny.

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Card 4

Front

Name one technological advance that helped Plains homesteaders.

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Card 5

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What made homesteading on the plains so difficult?

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