Key Issue 3 Flashcards
What was the “open range”?
Cattles’ weren’t kept in fenced areas and were free to roam.
What year did Texas rebel against Mexico?
1836
What did the Mexican rangers (who lived in Texas) do after Texas became independent?
Left Texas and left their cattle behind.
What happened in the 1850s?
Beef became popular in the east.
What year did the American Civil War break out?
1861
What year did the Texans get back from the Civil War and what was there economy like?
1865, their economy was ruined.
How many Longhorns were in Texas after the Texans got back from the Civil War?
About 5 million
Where were cattle worth money?
The North and East
What did Longhorns carry?
Texas fever
Who turned cowboys, on the long drive, away? and why?
Homesteaders and because their Longhorns carried Texas fever and it could be deadly to the homesteaders cattle.
What did the US Government begin doing in the 1860s?
Building the “trans-continental railroad”
What year was the Pacific Railways Act passed?
1862
Name 3 advantages of the Railway.
Easier travel.
Transport resources to the plains and west easily.
Refrigerated carriages for transporting meat.
What did Oliver Loving do in 1860?
Drove the first herd from Texas to Colorado.
How many cattle traveled along the long drive in 1871?
600,000
