7.2B: Farming and Ranching

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All of the following groups were moving westward EXCEPT: miners, farmers, ranchers, factory workers

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factory workers

Front

What did the increase in westward migration and settlement of the west by ranchers, miners, and settlers lead to?

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the relocation of Plains Indians into reservations

Front

The lines on this map represent

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the routes of major cattle drives

Front

What cheap method allowed for large plots of land to be fenced in for cattle?

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barbed wire

Front

Which invention led to the end of the open-range and disrupted ancestral Plains Indians hunting patterns?

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barbed wire

Front

What was the impact of innovations such as the mechanical reaper or steel plow?

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it allowed for farmers to successfully farm the land of the Great Plains