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14.3 The Cattle Boom. Objectives 1. Discuss the events surrounding the cattle boom 2. Discuss how the US government helped the cattle boom. Bellringer. Look at the map on p. 445 and answer the question. Copy HW. Read p. 449-453 and take notes on
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14.3 The Cattle Boom Objectives 1. Discuss the events surrounding the cattle boom 2. Discuss how the US government helped the cattle boom
Bellringer • Look at the map on p. 445 and answer the question
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.
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?
Intro • Word Bubble – What factors led to the growth of cattle ranching?
TEXAS LONGHORN Not so tasty but very hardy!
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
During • High Beef Prices • Creation of Railheads that became civilized and prosperous with time • Government converted Indian land into the Open Range • Cowboy Culture
Cowboys with Cattle~ How do they know which cattle are theirs on the open range?
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
Closure • Word Bubble = What factors led to the decline of cattle ranching