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tiara099

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Question 1

How did railroads shape the settlement and development of the West? Give examples of the positive and negative effects of rail lines spreading from coast to coast.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Compare and contrast the lives of women in the working class of the industrial Northeast with the lives of pioneer women of the Great Plains. If you had to choose, which life would you have preferred?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

What role did the mining industry play in migration to the West? What social trends and conflicts emerged as a result of this expansion of mining into the West?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

In California and Colorado, farmers used __________ to irrigate their land.
 
  A) wells
  B) streams
  C) rain water
  D) sprinklers

Question 5

A lack of timber caused a shortage of fencing that was finally solved by __________.
 
  A) the invention of barbed wire
  B) less rigid concepts of private property
  C) military patrols of land boundaries belonging to small farmers
  D) a reliance on free-range farming



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Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Railroads allowed people to move west and allowed many to gain land.
2. Railroads allowed the development of the West.
3. Railroads were beneficial in aiding with the economic development.
4. Railroads helped bring about the ecological devastation associated with the cattle industry,
5. Railroads helped to bring about the deforestation of the west.

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Living on the western frontier led to more opportunities.
2. Women in the plains states were essential to survival, as they collected fuel, transported water, and carried out many other important tasks.
3. Women were more isolated on the frontier.
4. Women in the Northeastern states worked long hours in horrible conditions to support their families.

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. The mining industry brought a wide variety of people to the camps.
2. Mining was a brutal occupation and many sought unionization as an answer.
3. Mining eventually became a very high-capital enterprise, which moved mines out of small businesses and towards larger corporations.
4. The rise of large corporations did not improve work conditions.
5. Miners fought unsuccessfully to unionize.

Answer 4

Answer: B

Answer 5

Answer: A




tiara099

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Excellent


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