Chapter 7: Our Growing, Changing State

The cattle industry in Nebraska began:

• because there were no more buffalo

• because cowboys needed jobs

• when the Civil War started

• after ranchers discovered prairie grasses were healthy for cattle

Ranchers used brands to:

• mark their cattle

• plow their fields

• fence in their cattle

• build their houses

Which two inventions changed the way people lived in Nebraska?

• granges and brands

• open ranges and railroads

• windmills and barbed wire

• barbed wire and Chautauqua

 How did the railroads affect the cattle drives?

• The railroads in Texas did not affect the cattle drives
• People still chose to do cattle drives because it was cheaper
• There was still a lot of open land so the cattle went around the railroad tracks
• The cattle could now be put directly on the railcars and then sent to market

What brought children to Nebraska from the East so people could adopt them?

• cattle trade

• the Grange

• orphan train

• Trans-Mississippi Exposition

What stated that a person could claim 160 acres by planting 10 of them with trees and caring for them for 8 years?

• the Grange

• Timber-Claim Act

• Chauauqua Movement

• Trans-Mississippi Exposition

The meetings where people learned about religion, society, and culture:

• Chautauqua Movement

• Timber-Claim Act

• cattle trade

• Reclamation Act

Who started the most famous Wild West Show in the world?

• Annie Oakly

• Black Elk

• Buffalo Bill Cody

• J. Sterling Morton

What did NOT make farming and ranching difficult in early Nebraska?

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

• grasshoppers

• blizzards

How did Minnie Freeman become a national hero after the Blizzard of 1888?