| A | B |
|---|
| Dawes Act | 1887 sought to "Americanize" Native Americans |
| 1800-1899 | Gold and Silver strikes brought settlers |
| 1858 | gold in Colorado |
| Virginia City, NV | Silver found; Comstock Lode biggest ore strike in US |
| Dawes Act 2 | Boom towns develop overnight |
| Dawes Act 3 | Ghost towns when gold and silver dried up |
| 1860-1890 | $2B in gold and silver mined in west |
| Cowboys | Western lands open range good for vaquero (Mex. cowboy) taught settlers to raise cattle |
| Cowboys 2 | Long drive brought cattle to R&R |
| Joseph McCoy | Abiline, KS to make drive shorter |
| 1885-1887 | saw end of open range |
| Homestead and Morill Acts | 1862 R&R established towns; dept. agriculture 1862 to study biology of west |
| new inventions | large plows, grain binders, separators |
| Bonanza farming | no trees so Joseph Glidden made barbed wire; no water |
| Sod house | cow poo house |
| John Deere Plow | 12-inch thick soil |
