The Wild West

What reasons would people have for being hesitant to settle the West?

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• Infertile soil

• inadequate water suppplies

• hostile Indians

• lack of trees for lumber and fuel

Why did ghost towns emerge in the West?

• Many times the town's main business would close down causing people to abandon the town.

• When local mining operations panned out and all the available ore was removed, people left.

• They evolved into boom towns.

• People left these areas because of superstitions.

In which state did most cattle trails originate?

• Oklahoma

• Texas

• New Mexico

• Missouri

What were some of the hardships that prairie settlers had to endure?

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• Erosion of topsoil.

• Prairie fires.

• Severe weather.

• Large swarms of insects.

This person (or persons) was in charge of the men, equipment, animals, and getting the herd to market.

• The trail boss

• The point men

• The swing and flank men.

• The wrangler

Cultural genocide is:

• The destruction of a group's identity.

• The effort to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by encouraging them towards farming and agriculture.

• Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans.

• Another name for Oklahoma.

The Dawes Act of 1887

• The destruction of a group's identity.

• The effort to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by encouraging them towards farming and agriculture.

• Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans.

• Another name for Oklahoma.

Indian Reservations

• The destruction of a group's identity.

• The effort to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by encouraging them towards farming and agriculture.

• Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans.

• Another name for Oklahoma.

This person (or persons) was in charge of keeping the herd together and for gathering stragglers.

• The trail boss

• The point men

• The swing and flank men.

• The wrangler

This person (or persons) was in charge finding the best path for the herd and rode out in front.

• The trail boss

• The point men

• The swing and flank men.

• The wrangler