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What are cattle drives?
When the herding and moving of cattle over long distances happens
What does open range mean?
unfenced land
What do you call a settlement at the end of a cattle trail?
a cow town
What is a cattle kingdom?
A region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches.
What are vaqueros?
They are Spanish or Mexican cowhands
What brought an end to the cattle kingdom?
Harsh weather
What are homesteaders?
They were settlers who acquired free land from the government
True or False. The railroads promoted more farming than the Homestead Act.
True
What was the difference between Sodbusters and Exodusters?
Exodusters are African Americans
True or False. William Jennings Bryan won the election of 1896.
False, it was William McKinley
What did Plain farmers and cattle ranchers have in common?
Railroads helped both ship their products around the country; both ended up facing economic crises
What were 2 factors that hurt the cattle boom?
overpopulation of cattle, harsh weather, a depression, decreased demand for beef, loss of grazing land, expansion of the railroads
What did the Homestead Act do?
It gave land to settlers who would agree to live on it and farm it for five years
Where were the Native Americans who had once lived on the land?
In reservations or dead
What did the Populists demand?
Public ownership of railroads and warehouses, an income tax to replace property taxes, an eight-hour workday, and other reforms
How did sod make living on the Great Plains difficult?
Sod is a thick layer of soil and tangled roots that hardens in the sun and in which the crops cannot be planted
