Kansas Railroads, Cowboys, & Farming

How did Joseph McCoy contribute to the booming of Kansas towns?

• Establishing successful restaurants and hotels along major rail lines

• Built the first cattle trading station in Abilene, KS and promoted selling Texas cattle

• Fighting against monopolies formed by large railroad companies

• Establishing the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad

Buffalo chips, corncobs, and bundled hay were used as fuel because:

• Settlers didn't want to leave behind any trash

• Farmers needed their fields cleared

• They were lighter weight than logs

• Wood was scarce

The first Grange in Kansas was established to do which of the following?

• Promote education among farmers

• Lobby the state and federal government for farm subsidies

• Support the purchase of communal farm supplies

• Support tenant farmers

Which of the following livestock products caused an economic boom in railroad towns such as Baxter Springs, Wichita, and Abilene?

• Horses

• Pigs

• Cattle

• Sheep

Cyrus K. Holliday is best known for doing which of the following?

• Introducing the land grant system to Kansas

• Returning stolen lands to Native American tribes

• Establishing a successful restaurant chain along the A.T.& SF Railroad

• Establishing the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad

1. Settlers in Kansas experienced which of the following challenges:

• Economic hardships and Exodusters

• Barbed wire and blizzards

• Lack of wood and droughts

• Lack of land and grasshoppers

How did mechanized equipment change the process of farming?

• Made it faster and easier to plant and harvest crops

• All choices are correct

• Required less need for hired hands

• Allowed for more farms to grow commercial crops

Fred Harvey is best known for doing which of the following?

• Inventing the first refrigerated rail car used by the meatpacking industry

• Fighting against monopolies formed by large railroad companies

• Built the first cattle trading station in Abilene, KS and promoted selling Texas cattle

• Establishing successful restaurants and hotels along major rail lines

What was the purpose of the cattle drives in the late 1800s?

• They allowed Texas cattle to reach railroads in Kansas for transport to eastern markets

• They facilitated the movement of wild hogs from Arkansas to Kansas for westward shipment

• They enabled the transport of cattle from Kansas to Texas for westward shipment

• They were used to move grain from Texas to Kansas to support Native reservations

Why was the federal policy of awarding land grants to railroad companies in the 1800s considered controversial?

• All choices are correct

• Americans said land grants gave some railroad companies monopolies. 

• People claimed that the land grants created an unfair advantage for large railroad companies.

• People thought that financial assistance from the government for businesses was wrong.