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Mining Mining CentersCentersMining Mining CentersCentersVirginia City
Comstock Lode
ProspectingProspectingProspectingProspecting
•May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah •“The Wedding of the Rails”
•Central Pacific and Union Pacific
•May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah •“The Wedding of the Rails”
•Central Pacific and Union Pacific
Promontory, Utah
““The Big Four” Railroad The Big Four” Railroad MagnatesMagnates
““The Big Four” Railroad The Big Four” Railroad MagnatesMagnates
Charles CrockerCharles CrockerCharles CrockerCharles Crocker
Mark HopkinsMark HopkinsMark HopkinsMark Hopkins Leland StanfordLeland StanfordLeland StanfordLeland Stanford
Collis HuntingtonCollis HuntingtonCollis HuntingtonCollis Huntington
•Financed the Central Pacific
•Hired Chinese men to do the
labor
•They had to cut through the
Sierra Nevada mountain range.
•Financed the Central Pacific
•Hired Chinese men to do the
labor
•They had to cut through the
Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Homestead ActHomestead Act was a law developed in 1862 was a law developed in 1862 by Congress to promote settlement of the Great by Congress to promote settlement of the Great
Plains. Plains.
Age 21 and the head of the family could have Age 21 and the head of the family could have 160 acres of land160 acres of land if they improved it in five if they improved it in five
yearsyears
Could buy it for a small amount of Could buy it for a small amount of $$$$$$
The US Government encouraged westward The US Government encouraged westward expansion and the Homestead Act allowed expansion and the Homestead Act allowed
thousands of settlers to move west and start thousands of settlers to move west and start new lives. new lives.
Black CowboysBlack Cowboys““Exodusters”Exodusters”
100,000 Exodusters leave the South and
get involved with the ranching
industry in Texas and Oklahoma.
Allowed farmers to cut through dense, root-choked sod.
Steel Plow
Reduced labor force needed for harvest. Allows farmers to maintain larger farms.
Mechanized Reaper
Powers irrigation systems and pumps up ground water.
Steel Windmill
Barbed WireBarbed WireBarbed WireBarbed Wire
Joseph GliddenJoseph Glidden
•Barbed wire fenceBarbed wire fence was a lifesaver because of the lack of wood in the dry plains of
America. •Barbed wireBarbed wire also solved
the problems between farmers and ranchers.