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Which development helped make the cattle business on the Great Plains profitable?
Native Americans developed a taste for beef and bought entire herds.
Barbed wire fencing made it easier to drive cattle herds long distances.
Workmen on the transcontinental railroad used cattle to pull heavy wagon loads.
Growing populations in eastern cities greatly increased the demand for beef.
Which was a result of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
The railroad slowed westward expansion because settlers couldn't afford tickets.
The railroad spurred the creation of multiple time zones in order to make scheduling easier.
The railroad empowered Native American tribes that controlled the land it crossed.
The railroad hardened sectional divisions between the East and the West
Which statement about conflict between whites and Native Americans is false?
White settlers often trespassed on Native American territory in search of gold and good land.
After years of war, white settlers forced the government to grant Native American tribes full independence.
White settlers favored sending Native American children to schools to learn white culture.
White settlers killed off the vast herds of buffalo to deprive Native Americans of food.
What were parts of the system of legal discrimination against blacks passed by southern states after the Civil War?
CHOOSE ALL ANSWERS THAT ARE CORRECT
Reconstruction
Jim Crow
black codes
separate but equal
