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Guided Reading Activity 18-1

Guided Reading Activity 18-1. NOTES. 1. Colorado and Nevada Copper, lead & zinc 2. To ship metals east and bring food and supplies to the miners in the west. Also, to make travel easier 3. The Civil War caused a shortage of beef.

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Guided Reading Activity 18-1

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  1. Guided Reading Activity 18-1 NOTES

  2. 1. Colorado and Nevada • Copper, lead & zinc • 2. To ship metals east and bring food and supplies to the miners in the west. Also, to make travel easier • 3. The Civil War caused a shortage of beef

  3. 4. The herding of cattle 1,000 miles or more to meet the railroads • 5. Chisholm Trail & Goodnight Loving Trail • 6. A. overgrazing • B. overproduction • C. severe winters killing the cattle

  4. 7. Factors • A. Railroads • B. Climate made for farming • C. Free land

  5. 8. Congress passed this law in 1862 giving 160 acres of land free to any settler who paid the $10 and lived on the land for 5 years • 9. Oklahoma Territory • 10. Buffalo

  6. 11. the government wanted to move Native Americans to reservations • 12. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse • 13. Wounded Knee

  7. 14. To get the Native Americans to become farmers and eventually U.S. citizens – also to break up the tribes • 15. Farmers’ Alliance & Populist Party • 16. The democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan, who was supported by farmers, was defeated in the 1896 election by William McKinley

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