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Chapter 23 - Tensions In The West
The eastern end of the only train track across the United States in 1870 was a city in Nebraska. Which city was it? Which city was at that track's western end? correct answers Sacramento and Omaha
According to the population density maps in your book, how did settlement around Omaha, Nebraska, c...
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The eastern end of the only train track across the United States in 1870 was a city in Nebraska.
Which city was it? Which city was at that track's western end? correct answers Sacramento and
Omaha
According to the population density maps in your book, how did settlement around Omaha,
Nebraska, change between 1870 and 1890? correct answers The population grew
The two tracks met at the Great Salt Lake. In which present day state is their connecting point
located? correct answers Utah
Through which two towns did the southern route between Seattle and and Lake Superior pass?
Through which present day states did both lines pass? correct answers Butte and Fargo
How did the population near Albuquerque change between 1870 and 1890? How did the
population near Denver change? correct answers Both grew a little
How did the population of eastern South Dakota change by 1890? How was settlement affected
at the western end of this railroad line? correct answers -South Dakota grew
-No one settled there
How did the population around Fort Worth change between 1870 and 1890? correct answers It
grew on the Eastern side
How did the population of western Minnesota and eastern North Dakota change during that
period? correct answers It got more populated
What might the population growth around Omaha by 1890 have been related to completion of
the transcontinental railroad? correct answers It was easier for people to travel there
Based on what you have learned from this activity and on the maps, do you think there was a
connection between railroads and western population growth? Why or why not? correct answers
Most of the population growth between 1870 and 1890 took place along or near railroad lines.
Railroads made it easier to get people and products into and out of the West
Do you think the West's population grew because of the railroad or because the railroad followed
population growth to places where people were already living? Explain your answer correct
answers I think the railroads would make it easier to travel
Who were the two white women that arrived at the Nez Perce lands in Lapwai, Idaho? correct
answers Jane Gay and Alice Fletcher
What did Jane Gay do during the Civil War? correct answers She was a nurse
, Alice Fletcher, had been a leader in the growing movement for? correct answers Women's rights
Why did these women travel West? correct answers To improve the lives of Native Americans
During this period politicians in the east were arguing over __________________ correct
answers Reconstruction
Meanwhile, who else moved westward? correct answers -Railroad builders
-Miners
-Ranchers
-Farmers
At this time, who already lived in the West? correct answers American Indians
The conflict between settlers and Indians was not just a fight over land; it was a conflict
between? correct answers Two very different cultures and ways of seeing the world
Like other Indians, the Nez Perce had already been forced into __________________ correct
answers reservation
What is a reservation? correct answers Areas of land set aside by government for Native
Americans
Why did the Nez Perce indians not want to Lapwai Reservation to be divided into farm plots?
correct answers He thought being tied to one spot of earth would be like being in jail
White settlers had a great impact on the West, but this impact created tensions and conflict for
whom? correct answers American Indians
Cheif Joseph correct answers
With my eyes, correct answers I see a barren reservation in Oklahoma
With my mouth, correct answers I say I surrender even though white troops still fire
With my heart, correct answers I am sad that I have to dedicate a cemetary just for babies
Who the settlers were - Railroad Builders correct answers -Chinese
-Irish
Reasons for moving west - Railroad Builders correct answers -Hoped to start new lives in open
spaces of the West
-Get jobs
Challenges faced by settlers - Railroad Builders correct answers -People were very racist
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