Westward Expansion (Cattle Kingdom)

Question 1

Long Drives

Answer 1

a trip of several hundred miles of which ranchers led their cattle to railroads and distant markets

Question 2

Vaquero

Answer 2

a cowhand of Mexican origin

Question 3

XIV. Cattle on the Plains

Answer 3

Spanish brought cattle over in the 1500s for food, Texas settlers started rounding up longhorns ($3-4 in Texas, $80 in the North), Ranchers would travel with the cattle to the railroad where it would then be in the cow town, Chicago

Question 4

Open Range

Answer 4

a large area of grazing land without fences or other barriers

Question 5

Stockyard

Answer 5

a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse

Question 6

XVII. Problems with the Cattle Kingdom

Answer 6

crime grew in the cities that were growing b/c of the cattle, law enforcements like the Legendary Lawmen (Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Bass Reeves), barely any gunfights would occur, cattle rustlers often tried to take cattle on the long drives

Question 7

XVIII. The Cattle Kingdom Ends

Answer 7

it collasped quickly b/c they expanded their herds too quickly, grasslands were overgrazed, and prices were falling, bad weather and development of barbed fences also killed a lot of cattle/limited them

Question 8

Interstate Commerce Commission

Answer 8

a federal agency created to regulate railroads

Question 9

Interstate Commerce

Answer 9

transportation of products, services, or money across state borders

Question 10

XIX. Problems with the Railroad

Answer 10

Farmers had problems with the prices, The National Grange tried to lower the prices, states tried to limit prices b/c farmers were storing grain instead of shipping it

Question 11

XX. Regulating Railroads

Answer 11

Wabash vs Illinois
ruled individual states couldn’t control commerce between others states, Interstate Commerce Act (1866) gave the federal government this power,
- railroads must give reasonable prices
- sets up Interstate Commerce Commission