BJU American Republic 17. 3 & 17.4

Describe the reaction of homesteaders to the cattle drives.​

• they welcomed the cattle for the free fertilizer

• they welcomed the cowboys and the money to be made from them

• they put up fences to keep cattle out of their fields

• they hired gunmen to prevent them from trespassing

What major territory was the last to open to homesteaders?​

• Indian Territory (Oklahoma)

• Indian Territory (Texas)

• Nebraska Territory

• Nevada Territory

What two important resources did homesteaders often lack?

• slaves

• wood

• silver

• water

How did Joseph Glidden contribute to the improvement of prairie farming?​

• steel plow

• mail order

• windmill

• barbed wire

How did Daniel Halladay contribute to the improvement of prairie farming?​

• steel plow

• mail order

• windmill

• barbed wire

What were some hardships faced by Plains settlers?

• hailstorms and tornadoes

• dry and dusty conditions

• loneliness

• locusts and grasshoppers

How did the federal government encourage the settlement of the frontier?​

• gave away plots of land

• sold plots of land

• made it illegal to not move west

• paid people to settle the West

Why was crime so common in the West?​

• lack of religious influence

• lack of guns

• scarcity of food

• scarcity of law-enforcement officers​

Why was Black Bart known as “the gentleman bandit?”​

• always wore a tuxedo

• left a flower at the scene of his crimes

• always mannerly

• left a poem at the scene of his crimes

Which outlaw was charged with twelve murders by the time he was eighteen?​

• “Billy the Kid”​

• Bat Masterson

• Black Bart

• "Bobby the Kid"