Ch 8 WS #1

American History

 

  1. What was the difference between placer and quartz mining?

 

 

  1. What did Henry Comstock find in Nevada? What city grew as a result?

 

 

  1. Where else were they gold and silver rushes in the mid to late 1800s?

 

 

  1. Before the Civil War, how was ranching done? How/why did it change after the war?

 

 

 

  1. What were the long drives and why did they take place?

 

 

  1. What factors helped bring the long drives to an end?

 

 

Sec 2

  1. What is the geography and climate of the Great Plains like?

 

 

  1. What did the Homestead Act do?

 

 

  1. What problems did early settlers on the Plains face?

 

 

 

  1. What innovations began to help farmers in the Plains? What crop became key there?

 

 

  1. What problems began to face farmers in the 1880s and ‘90s?