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Cowboys, Ranchers and Farmers

Cowboys, Ranchers and Farmers . How did Joseph G. McCoy and the Kansas Pacific Railroad impact the cattle industry? Who made up the cowboys and how did this challenge cowboys myths? How did Gustavus Swift and Joseph Gliden impact the cowboy and promote ranching?

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Cowboys, Ranchers and Farmers

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  1. Cowboys, Ranchers and Farmers • How did Joseph G. McCoy and the Kansas Pacific Railroad impact the cattle industry? • Who made up the cowboys and how did this challenge cowboys myths? • How did Gustavus Swift and Joseph Gliden impact the cowboy and promote ranching? • What was the “Range Wars” and how did ethnic/religious prejudices aggravate the situation? • Why do we have an unromantic images of Farmers, but what importance did they play in western development? • How did environmental forces shape development? • What was the Homestead Act of 1862 and Newlands reclamation Act, and how did both encourage migration west? • Despite that land was “free”, why was it difficult or “expensive” to settle the plains and become a farmer? • How did James Oliver and the chilled-iron plow reshape the frontier? Why is the term “sodbuster” important? • How did settling the frontier promote women’s equality?

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