math question of the day (the constitution version) [(add the three reconstruction amendments...
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Math Question of the Day
(The Constitution Version)• [(Add the three
Reconstruction Amendments divided by the Right to Bear Arms) / number of branches in the federal government] plus the total number of U.S. Senators
How did the Cattle Boom Begin/End?
• Texas Longhorn • Tough, lean animal needing little water
• Worth $5 in Texas, but $80 in New York (supply and demand)
• Ranchers out west walk cattle to slaughter houses, then ship meat east
• Open Range
• Range Rights
• Land out west through which cattle graze (shared)
• Begins to disappear a people buy land out west
• Cattle ranchers buy rights to use steams from land owners
• Vaqueros
• Roundup
• Cattle Drive
• Mexican cattlemen who give ranchers ideas of style of dress and tools
• Gathering cattle together from a ranch• You can tell them apart by brand
• Moving cattle from ranch to railroad• Took several months, and covered
hundreds of miles • Dangerous - Thieves, weather, stampede,
injury• Ended at Cow Towns - drinking, gambling,
restaurants, and showers