WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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They decided to build houses made of wood and to plant wheat
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They took jobs on the Transcontinental Railroad
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They migrated quickly to the Pacific region
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They had to find other resources for food, clothing, and shelter
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Detailed explanation-1: -The researchers claim that the rapid destruction of the bison created an equally dramatic decline in the heights of the Native Americans who depended on them–and a worse per capita income that persists today.
Detailed explanation-2: -The destruction of the bison had two important consequences: It left the vast grasslands open to the herds of cattle moving north from Texas. Now cattle ranches appeared in the north. More importantly, though, it robbed the Plains Tribes of the one resource that allowed them to move across the plains.
Detailed explanation-3: -The devastation of the buffalo population signaled the end of the Indian Wars, and Native Americans were pushed into reservations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Once roaming in vast herds, the species nearly became extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle. With a population in excess of 60 million in the late 18th century, the species was culled down to just 541 animals by 1889.