KS History Chapter 7 Review

What was a main industry of early Kansas?

• car manufacturing
• computer technology
• railroad
• Federal Land Grants

Most of the state's economy was based on agriculture. A majority of people were ___________________.

• farming and cattle drives
• railroading and ranching
• retail business and farming
• ranching and farming

Why did people herd their cattle up to Kansas?

• To sell for $40 - $50 per cow
• to load on train and send East
• to load on train and send West
• to find them better grass to eat

It was important that trails offer what two things?

• grass and paved roads
• grass and plenty of water
• plenty of shelter and food
• water and paved roads

A team of 10-12 men handled cattle herds numbering around ____________.

• 500
• 1,000
• 10,000
• 3,000

Cowtowns had to be located  ____________.

• on a railroad line
• near a big city
• in the East
• on farms

Everyone supported the cattle trade?

• True
• False

Texas cattle sometimes destroyed local Kansas crops or brought diseases that infected local cattle.

• True
• False

The main disease brought by Texas cattle was _______________, a disease caused by cattle ticks.

•  Texas Cholera
• Texas Fever
• Texas Dysentary
• Texas Epidemic

A law passed in Kansas established a ___________ line; keeping all Texas cattle west of McPherson.

• monopoly
• quarantine
• obsolete
• subsistence