APUSH 6.2

Barbed wire led to-

• more open land
• more cattle drives
• fewer farms
•  more farms

During which time period did the cattle drives take place?

• early 1800's
• late 1800's
• early 1900's
• late 1900's

The demand for beef ______ in the years immediately following the Civil War.

• increased
• decreased

The Buffalo Soldiers were given their name by the

• U.S. government.
• Native Americans.
• buffaloes.
• settlers that they protected.

The daily life of cowboys was much more glamorous than what is usually shown in movies.

• True
• False

The purpose of a cattle drive was to get the cattle to a town that had 

• ranch.
• meat market.
• railroad
• slaughter house

The expansion of ______ made it easier for settlers to reach West Texas, thereby increasing the population of the area.

• cattle trails
• highways
• railroads
• stagecoach routes

Why did settlers move to the Great Plains?

• They were looking for gold.
• They were hoping to farm the rich land found there.
• They liked the towns found there.
• They wanted a factory job there.

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would live on the land and farm it for 5 years?

• The Homestead Promise
• The Homestead Neighborhood
• The Homestead Act of 1862
• The Homestead farmland

Who made a plow that could handle the job of tearing through the sob of the Great Plains?

• Henry Ford
• John Deere
• Jack Smith