cattle industry and railroads

Question 1

what years were the cattle farming industry

Answer 1

1830-1890

Question 2

what year first transcontinental railway open. name 2 of them

Answer 2

1869
southern pacific and northern pacific

Question 3

how did the railways help the west become rich, more law abiding and populated

Answer 3

1. faster access between ports and increased foreign trade
2. teachers, government officials, judges could get around quicker
3. more ppl going to west to settle

Question 4

what did the increased railways mean for other modes of transport

Answer 4

negatively affected stage coaches and freight wagons

Question 5

how did the railway benefit cattle ranching and heavy industry

Answer 5

led to growth of cow towns
profited from raw materials and finished products being easily transported from east to west

Question 6

where were the railroads made

Answer 6

the west

Question 7

2 problems that arose because of the railway

Answer 7

farmers thought companies price too high for bad service
towns away from railway lines became deserted

Question 8

when was the goodnight-loving trail made and the ppls names

Answer 8

1866
charles goodnight
oliver loving

Question 9

goodnight-loving

what was the new opportunity they figured out
how many cattle, how much

Answer 9

navajo indians were close to starvation so they sold cattle directly to that new population in the west
800 for $12,000

Question 10

how did Joseph mccoy create the ‘cow town’ in 1867

Answer 10

bought land, built stock pens, advertised the town as a ‘shipping point for cattle’

Question 11

why was joseph mccoy so successful (money) with his ‘cow town’

Answer 11

settling cattle made greater profit in east than west . 10x more

Question 12

what opportunity did loving and goodnight take

Answer 12

realised Navajo Indians close to starvation. so started selling directly to new population in west many Indians

Question 13

what did goodnight do after the trail with loving

Answer 13

fixed problem of moving cattle to the market –> instead of going east go west to Mexico –> sold beef to the indians in reservations (like john iliff) and army

Question 14

how did texas grow to having 5 million cattle

Answer 14

after they won civil war (1865) they gained mexicos cattle industry

Question 15

1865

what was the disease texas longhorn have who did it affect

Answer 15

texas fever
texas cattle spread it to homesteader cattle

Question 16

what was the 2 big problems with the transcontinental railroad

Answer 16

1. the mountain had to work around it
2. only got government grants after laying 40 miles which took ages

Question 17

who built the tracks of the transcontinental railway

Answer 17

Shop keepers, but after they were paid they left
Chinese immigrants after them

Question 18

what year was the winter that caused a lot of damage to the cattle industry

Answer 18

1886-1887