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UNIT 7 trivia
21 cards·by ccanela
effect- white population from mid-Texas and the West increased by 40%
reconstruction
effect-american farms doubled 2.5 million to nearly 6 million
reconstruction
effect- output of cattle, hogs, hay; more than doubled
reconstruction
effect-production of corn, wheat, and oats nearly tripled
reconstruction
how many europeans emigrated to the US?
4 million
how many acres of land did the US gov't give away?
400 million
where were Native Americans moved to?
reservations
where did sodbusters settle?
settled in treeless prairies and plains
what did sodbusters use to fence off their land?
barbed wire
what are bonanza farms?
huge wheat farms (commercial farming)
where did silver come from?
nevada
by 1870 what happened in relation to silver and gold?
by 1870 silver eclipsed gold in volume
why did the copper demand increase?
telephone, incandescent lightbulb, and electric generator
who created the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
when was the telephone created?
1876
who created the incandescent lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
when was the incandescent lightbulb created?
1879
when was the electric generator created?
1881
where did the cattle industry start?
southern Texas
where did the refrigerated box cars go?
went on trains
what did refrigerated cars allow?
allowed the shipment of beef