PPT-Unit 9 1860-1900 Cotton, Cattle and Railroads

Causes leading to Expansion of the Western Frontier Make a bubble chart Large amount of land available Large supply of wild longhorn on the Texas Frontier Demand for beef in the northern and eastern United States. QUALITY STANDARDS As per Customers specification PRODUCTION CAPACITY PM MONTH YEAR OF PREPAR ATION December 2010 PREPARED BY MSME Development Institute Ministry of Micro Small Medium Enterprises Government of India 107 Industrial Estate Kal Railroads are necessary for the efficient functioning of a modern economy. . No other transportation mode can handle the bulk shipping necessary for an industrial economy with the speed and efficiency of a modern Diesel-Electric Locomotive on a high quality roadbed.. Coach Duke. Towns that grew up almost overnight around mining sites were known . as. Boomtowns. 2. What . 1862 act passed by congress gave 160 free acres of land to settlers? . Homestead Act. 3. How . Who. Chose . Minnesota?. People came to Minnesota for the . same push and pull reasons that people . moved to any new place during this era.. Who Chose . Minnesota. ?. Pull Reasons:. Civil War. , as many as five million longhorn cattle . Descendants of . old Spanish stock. , roamed wild in Texas . At first they were hunted only for their . hides. since there was no way to get them to markets in the East. “Gilded Age” – 1870-1900. Post-Reconstruction America. Phrase coined by Mark Twain; used to represent America during this time. Also, think of a beautiful, shiny, red apple… that is rotten on the inside. Section 1: Miners and Ranchers. Growth of Mining. Task: How do people try to “get rich quick” today?. Growth of the Mining Industry. Placer mining quartz mining were used.. Growth of Mining. Comstock Lode. What is Progressivism?. What was the Progressive movement?. Social/political movement of early 1900s that attempted to use activism as well as . gov’t. power to cure social problems. Why was this so groundbreaking?. United States in 1820. Stereotypes. North. Southerners were:. aristocratic (high-. felut’n. ). Lazy. Only successful due to slave labor . Stereotypes. South. Northerners were:. Greedy Capitalists. Materialistic. 1. Canals, steamboats, and railroads revolutionized American economic and social life during the antebellum period between 1820 and 1860.. 2. Key transportation developments. Turnpikes such as the National Road promoted trade and communication with the Old Northwest.. Civil War. , as many as five million longhorn cattle . Descendants of . old Spanish stock. , roamed wild in Texas . At first they were hunted only for their . hides. since there was no way to get them to markets in the East. Through the encouragement of Theodore Roosevelt who, as president, promoted a strenuous life, evidenced through rugged American sport and physical activity, the role of games and play in American society became of paramount importance.. 01500Feet0500Meters11/2014 MCSMap KeyCheck-in OfficenpCampsiteRestroom/ShowerCampfire RingFacilityChapelWaterwayRoadTrail20-foot ContourBoundaryBSA Alamo Area Council - Bear Creek Scout Reservationn Create your own Visual Hexagon. You are familiar with this activity but today you will take it one step further by designing your own hexagons AND explaining them.. Task. Read the information sheet. Identify 6 reasons the population grew that you can draw.