livestock ranching Flashcards
1
Q
whats ranching
A
commercial grasing of livestock over an extended area
2
Q
what climate
A
arid/semiarid in MDCs where vegetation is too sparse and soil too porr to support crops
3
Q
how dod cattle ranching expand in the us a1860s
A
demad for beef in the east coast cities
4
Q
chisholm tial
A
most famous route from texas to the railline
5
Q
when did cattle ranching decline in importance
A
1880s-
6
Q
why did cattle ranching decline in immportance
A
conflict with sedentary agriculture
- the uSa sold land used for grazing to farmers to grow crops
7
Q
cattle ranchers adhered to the
A
“code of the West”
8
Q
“range wars’
A
wars between farmers and cowboys for land
