LIFE IN THE GREAT PLAINS

Vocabulary• Grange – organization that fought for farmers’

rights• Bimetallism – backing money with silver and gold• Homesteader – a settler on Western land provided

by the government• Prospector – a person who searches for gold,

silver and other valuable minerals• Boomtown – a camp that grows into a town

almost overnight

1) _________________ came to the U.S. from Spanish settlers

Large ranches were started in the ______________________ U.S.

_________________ were raised for skins - _________________

(used for clothing and shoes)

Also used for _______________ (BEEF…it’s what’s for dinner!)

CATTLE

SOUTHERNCATTLE

LEATHER

FOOD

2) Cattleworkers were also known as _________________ or ________________.

They were young ______ who worked through dust storms, heat and blizzards.

They kept cattle from getting ____________ or _______________.

COWHANDSCOWBOYS

MEN

STOLENKILLED BY DISEASE

A ______________ cost $4 in Texas and sold in the city for $40.

STEER

They went on cattle ____________ (herding for 2-3 months) where cattle were lost, stolen or would die from disease / conditions.

Last of the real __________________ - 1880s – due to ______________ and death of

cattle.

DRIVES

COWHANDSDROUGHT

3) 1858 – Gold in _____________________

________________ - very difficult due to underground poison gases, cave-ins and accidents.

_______________________ - looked for gold

and _______________ -

They moved into ___________________________________

_____________________ were created – full of thieves, outlaws and gamblers.

COLORADOMINING

PROSPECTORS

SILVER

COLORADO, UTAH, NEVADA AND ARIZONA

BOOMTOWNS

_________________ committees were formed to keep order and punish

criminals

example: ____________________________

____________________ were hunted down and hung or shot without a trial.

The “______________” ended at the end of the 1800s.

VIGILANTE

TOMBSTONE, ARIZONALAWBREAKERS

BOOM

4) The ________________

The __________________ was a problem in the Great Plains:

_________________________________________________________.

___________________ set it up. It did the following:

GRANGE

WEATHER

HEAT, TORNADOES, FLOODS AND INSECTS DESTROYED CROPS

HOMESTEADERS

It helped people ________________________________.

It helped solved problems ________________ faced.

It worked to keep ____________________ from charging too much money to ship crops

It helped elect _____________________ to help farmers.

MEET OTHER PEOPLEFARMERS

RAILROADS

LAWMAKERS