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LIFE IN THE GREAT PLAINS
Vocabulary• Grange – organization that fought for farmers’
rights• Bimetallism – backing money with silver and gold• Homesteader – a settler on Western land provided
by the government• Prospector – a person who searches for gold,
silver and other valuable minerals• Boomtown – a camp that grows into a town
almost overnight
1) _________________ came to the U.S. from Spanish settlers
Large ranches were started in the ______________________ U.S.
_________________ were raised for skins - _________________
(used for clothing and shoes)
Also used for _______________ (BEEF…it’s what’s for dinner!)
CATTLE
SOUTHERNCATTLE
LEATHER
FOOD
2) Cattleworkers were also known as _________________ or ________________.
They were young ______ who worked through dust storms, heat and blizzards.
They kept cattle from getting ____________ or _______________.
COWHANDSCOWBOYS
MEN
STOLENKILLED BY DISEASE
A ______________ cost $4 in Texas and sold in the city for $40.
STEER
They went on cattle ____________ (herding for 2-3 months) where cattle were lost, stolen or would die from disease / conditions.
Last of the real __________________ - 1880s – due to ______________ and death of
cattle.
DRIVES
COWHANDSDROUGHT
3) 1858 – Gold in _____________________
________________ - very difficult due to underground poison gases, cave-ins and accidents.
_______________________ - looked for gold
and _______________ -
They moved into ___________________________________
_____________________ were created – full of thieves, outlaws and gamblers.
COLORADOMINING
PROSPECTORS
SILVER
COLORADO, UTAH, NEVADA AND ARIZONA
BOOMTOWNS
_________________ committees were formed to keep order and punish
criminals
example: ____________________________
____________________ were hunted down and hung or shot without a trial.
The “______________” ended at the end of the 1800s.
VIGILANTE
TOMBSTONE, ARIZONALAWBREAKERS
BOOM
4) The ________________
The __________________ was a problem in the Great Plains:
_________________________________________________________.
___________________ set it up. It did the following:
GRANGE
WEATHER
HEAT, TORNADOES, FLOODS AND INSECTS DESTROYED CROPS
HOMESTEADERS
It helped people ________________________________.
It helped solved problems ________________ faced.
It worked to keep ____________________ from charging too much money to ship crops
It helped elect _____________________ to help farmers.
MEET OTHER PEOPLEFARMERS
RAILROADS
LAWMAKERS