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| What is it called when only one company provides features, such as streets and building lots? |
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| Why would a town in Kansas want to attract the cattle trade? |
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| Name three of the first crops grown in Kansas... |
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| What was the Chisholm Trail? |
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| A cattle trail from Texas to Kansas. It was most famous for the plentiful grass for the cattle to eat. |
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| Name three things that ended the Cattle Drives... |
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-Texas longhorn cattle carried Texas fever with them
-There was no land to pass through because farmers fenced it up
-Railroads begun to expand |
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| How much was a Texas Longhorn worth in Texas? How about the east? |
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| List five important things that cowboys used for gear... |
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-Cowboy hat
-Saddle
-Gloves
-Chaps
-Cowboy boots |
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| Name three cowtowns in Kansas... |
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-Abilene
-Ellsworth
-Dodge City |
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| They were grants given to railroad companies for open land, in hope to build a transcontinental railroad. A act was created for this called the Pacific Railroad Act. |
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