Miners and Ranchers Chapter 2 Lesson 1 COACH
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Miners and Ranchers Chapter 2 Lesson 1 COACH CREWS U. S. HISTORY
Before Define the following terms in your notes: Vigilance committee Hydraulic mining Open range Hacienda Barrios https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Mk 4 w. I_y. E 0 Rc
Class Notes Growth Prospectors become rich through mines Boomtowns – rapidly growing communities Virginia city – site of Comstock Lode (silver) Many towns went bust Statehood Gold in Colorado – “Pike’s Peak or Bust” Many didn’t find gold in Colorado because it was too deep to extract Miners showed up in Colorado, Arizona, Montana
Branding at a Kansas Ranch
Analyze the Photograph What surprised you about the photograph? What was missing? Do you think women usually helped with the cattle? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=tn 9 T 1 f. DI 5 W 4
Class Notes Mining technology Placer – hand tools Sluice – water into trenches, then boxes Hydraulic mining Ranching and cattle drives Longhorn adapted well, met needs in the east Open range Cattle drives head to railroads Barbed wire changed the land, leading to ranches
Class Notes Settling Once the southwest belonged to Mexico and Spain Citizens after the Mexican-American War Land slowly taken from the Natives Land disputes increased with the cattle boom Spanish culture thrived in barrios (traditional)
Two for the Road How was mining and cattle ranching in the American West related to population growth and to statehood? Why was cattle ranching important business in the west?