South-Western Test Flashcards
In Texas, a longhorn cow was worth ___. In the east, a cowboy could get 10 times the price. How much would he get for his cow if he sold it in the east?
$4 and $40
The distance traveled on cattle drives averaged ____ miles. The cattle drive lasted 40 days. How many miles did the cowboy travel in one day?
750 miles and 18.75 miles
It took about ____ men to handle a herd of 3000 cows. The average cattle drive used 60 horses. How many horses does each man have for the drive?
11 men and 5 horses
If you had 3000 head of cattle and you sold them for $40.00 each, how much money would you make on the sale?
$120,000
You gain $120,000 but, you had to pay your cowboys $40.00 each and you had hired 11 cowboys. How much money did you have left to pay your other expenses and collect a profit?
$11,000
The long Texas-to-Kansas drives lasted less than 20 years. Three different things led to the end of the cattle drives.
The railroads, people putting barbed wires around their property so that the cattle couldn’t cross, and laws keeping the cattle out of certain states because of the Texas fever.
Define cattle drive?
A cattle drive is the process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses.
Define a cowtown?
A cowtown was the town at the end of a cattle drive
What contributed to the end of the cattle drives?
Railroads and people putting barbed wire around their property to stop the cattle from going through
Define homestead
To earn ownership of land by living on it
Define sodbusters
name given to early Great Plains farmers
Define sooners
Sooners are settlers from the southern United States who enter the unassigned lands in what is now the state of Oklahoma
List at least 3 difficulties faced by Kansas farmers in the late 1800s
Everyone wanted to come to Kansas, all the indians were gone, and the homestead act went out.
What was the Homestead Act?
Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government, was 21 years older, or the head of a family, could file an application to claim a federal land grant.
What was the Oklahoma Land Rush?
The Oklahoma land rush was the first land rush into the unassigned lands. It was when a lot of people decided to move to Oklahoma
Define subsidy.
A subsidy is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector.
Define transcontinental railroad.
A transcontinental railroad was a rail road that stretched across the entire country.
What was a boomtown?
A boomtown is a community that goes through a rapid population growth and economic growth.
If the building of the first transcontinental railroad started in 1862, which President would have authorized its construction?
Abraham Lincoln
How did mining and railroads draw people to the West?
Because word got out that you could get rich and things like gold, silver, and other goods were there.
How did the expansion of railroads to the west change the United States?
It changed the united states because the market was easier to transport and we could now get things where they need them faster
Who was Fred Harvey?
Frederick Henry Harvey was an entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, souvenir shops, and hotels
