Chapter 18 - Conquest and Survival: The Trans-Mississippi West 1860-1900

New graphic reproduction technologies

________ have encouraged the circulation of images of Indian peoples by painters and photographers.

Civil War

Following the ________, cowboys rounded up Texas cattle and drove them to ranches or stores, as far as 1, 500 miles north to shipping to the eastern markets by rail.

Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty

With the ________, ending in the 1848 Mexican- American War, Hispanics to the north of Rio Grande chose to migrate to Mexico or to live in the United States today.

1848

In ________, gold was discovered in California and sought fortune from the United States, Europe and so far from Chile.

1882

In ________, the Congress adopted the Edmunds Act which enforced penalties and jail on those who believed in or practiced polygamy.

John Deere

________ created his famous "singing plow "in 1837, easily turning prairie grasses into compact soils.

Nez Perces

The ________ considered themselves over generations to be good friends of white traders and colonists.

productivity of agriculture

The ________ depended both on new technology and on the hard work of the farmers.