The Wild, Wild West. Americans Move to the West. Pre-Civil War moved to the West Coast gold mining ignored the Great Plains because the land wasn’t ideal for farming. Americans Move to the West. Post-Civil War mining – silver, gold - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Wild, Wild West
The Wild, Wild West
Americans Move to the WestPre-Civil Warmoved to the West
Coastgold miningignored the Great Plains because the land wasnt
ideal for farming
Americans Move to the WestPost-Civil Warmining silver,
goldboomtown: a town that has a sudden burst of economic or
population growth
Americans Move to the Westcattlerailroads could take cattle to
the East for slaughterMexicans (vaqueros) and African Americans
worked as cow hands
Homestead Actoffered 160 acres of land to anyone who agreed to
live on and improve the land for 5 yearsmass migration of African
Americans and immigrants to the westfound it was very difficult to
live there
PopulismThe Peoples Partyafter economic trouble, they wanted the
government to make unlimited amounts of silver coins
