14.3 The Cattle Boom

1. 14.3 The Cattle Boom Objectives 1. Discuss the events surrounding the cattle boom 2. Discuss how the US government helped the cattle boom

2. Bellringer • Look at the map on p. 445 and answer the question

3. Copy HW • 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.

4. Compare and Share HW • 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?

5. Intro • Word Bubble – What factors led to the growth of cattle ranching?

6. TEXAS LONGHORN Not so tasty but very hardy!

7. Events Surrounding the Cattle Boom • Causes • Breeding of the TX Longhorn • Buffalo #s were decreasing • Demand for Beef in the East increased • Building of RRS • Long Drive System

8. During • High Beef Prices • Creation of Railheads that became civilized and prosperous with time • Government converted Indian land into the Open Range • Cowboy Culture

9. Cowboys with Cattle~ How do they know which cattle are theirs on the open range?

10. End of the Boom • 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

11. Closure • Word Bubble = What factors led to the decline of cattle ranching