Chapter 17: The West Transformed Study Guide PDF
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This document is a study guide for a history course, focusing on the Westward Expansion in the United States. It includes sections on mining, railroads, Native American struggles, the cattle kingdom, and farming in the West. Questions are included for each section.
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**[Chapter 17: The West Transformed Study Guide]** **Section 1: Mining and Railroads** 1. Comstock Lode 2. 3. Cowhands, railroad workers, miners 4. Gave railroad companies land in the West 5. Transcontinental railroad 6. Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad 7....
**[Chapter 17: The West Transformed Study Guide]** **Section 1: Mining and Railroads** 1. Comstock Lode 2. 3. Cowhands, railroad workers, miners 4. Gave railroad companies land in the West 5. Transcontinental railroad 6. Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad 7. Chinese 8. Promontory, Utah **Section 2: Native Americans Struggle to Survive** 1. The right to be undisturbed on their land 2. Reservations 3. 4. Buffalo 5. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse 6. 7. Dawes Act 8. Native Americans were generally not farmers 9. Battle of Wounded Knee **[Section 3: The Cattle Kingdom]** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. **[Section 4: Farming in the West]** 1. Homestead Act 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. African Americans who came to the Plains
