14.3 the cattle boom

Objectives1. Discuss the events surrounding the cattle boom2. Discuss how the US government helped the cattle boom

Look at the map on p. 445 and answer the question

Read p. 449-453 and take notes on 1. the events surrounding the mining boom 2.Explain how mining became big business Questions 1.Why did the cattle boom end by the

1890s? 2. Describe 3 federal land grants of the

1800s. 3. What was the 15th amendment? 4. Explain the court case of McCulloch v.

Maryland.

What were the three land grants that helped to settle the west?

What were the causes/effects of the Battle of Wounded Knee?

What two branches were at odds over Reconstruction?

What was the case/decision in Marbury v. Madison?

Word Bubble – What factors led to the growth of cattle ranching?

Not so tasty but very hardy!

Causes◦ Breeding of the TX Longhorn◦ Buffalo #s were decreasing◦ Demand for Beef in the East increased◦ Building of RRS ◦ Long Drive System

During◦ High Beef Prices◦ Creation of Railheads that became civilized and

prosperous with time◦ Government converted Indian land into the Open

Range◦ Cowboy Culture

How do they know which cattle are theirs on the open range?

Too many cattle on the open range◦ Overgrazing destroyed grasslands◦ Increased supply decreased prices

Invention of barbed wire killed the open range

Winter of 1885-1886 and drought 1886

Word Bubble = What factors led to the decline of cattle ranching