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12 Cards in this Set
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What was the major goal of the government after Reconstruction?
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to settle the west
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What groups are responsible for settling the West?
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Miners, cowboys, Native Americans, Farmers
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What mineral resources were discovered in the West?
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gold, silver and copper
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What is the difference btw quartz and placer mining?
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placer mining- method of extracting mineral ore by hand using simple tools.
quartz mining-method of extracting minerals involving digging beneath the surface. |
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Who was Henry Comstock?
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A prospector who stalked a claim in six-Mile Canyon,Nevada. Found a blue-gray sticky mud that turned out to be a nearly pure silver ore.
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What led to the start of boomtowns
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the discovery of the silver ore or silver or natural resource
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What was the first elevator in the West called?
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rising room
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What caused the decline of Boomtowns?
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the silver mines exhausted, which made the town's economy exhaust. Booming town became a ghost town.
boom to bust |
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What was a vigilance committee?
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self appointed volunteers that tracked down and punished wrongdoers.
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"Pikes Peak Hoax"
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1585-discovery of gold near Pikes Peak that set miners on a frantic rush. Some didnt get any gold so they called it the Pikes Peak hoax. but there actually was gold; it was deep beneath the surface.
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Leadville
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one of the rigchest strikes in late 1870 so called for deep deposits of lead that contained large amounts of silver. Most legendary boomtown; 1,000 newcomers per week
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Blacks Hills of the Dakotas
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discovery of gold in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory and Copper in Montana led to the rapid development of the northern Great Plains.
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