How might mining and ranching impact the native tribes living in the west?

The transcontinental railroad increased both economic growth and the population in the West. They also sold land to settlers, which encouraged people to move West. New railroads helped businesses. West- ern timber companies, miners, ranchers, and farmers shipped wood, metals, meat, and grain east by railroad.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.