Problem
I. Give 1 push and 1 pull factor that contributed to the settling of the west.
II. What are the 4 factors that led to the settlement of the last frontier?
III. How did the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 encourage settlement of the American West?
IV. Why was the reservation system established?
V. What was the Homestead Act?
VI. What are the 4 stages in the evolution of the American West?
VII. What was the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas called?
VIII. What was the open range?
IX. What kind of obstacles did the farmers face? Describe the 4 and discuss how they were resolved.
X. What was the idea behind Americanization? Describe what is was, what was the intention behind it, was it successful, what ended up happening.