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Ch. 7 KS Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monopoly | When only one company provides or produces a certain product or service activity. |
| Depot | A railroad station. |
| Retail | The sale of goods in small quantities (amounts) directly to consumers. |
| Quarantine | Enforced isolation. |
| Subsidy | Financial assistance given by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise that should help the public. |
| Subsistence | Having enough food or resource to live. |
| Residential | Used or designed for the place where people live. |
| How did the US Government encourage railroad companies to lay track in unsettled areas? | The government offered the companies free land. |
| What were two effects of the US Government giving railroad companies land grants? | More people were settling out West and the value of land increased. |
| Which of the following was one of the first successful crops grown in Kansas? | Corn |
| What is a Town Site Association? | A group that would survey and plat a railroad town. |
| Why did the railroads encourage small specialized businesses in their towns? | It was more profitable to have multiple stores so more business lots could be sold. |
| Which of these facts is Fred Harvey best known for in relation to the railroad industry? | He recognized the passengers’ need for meals aboard trains and began serving food in dining cars on passenger trains. |
| What started the cattle drives to Kansas? | Few railroads ran south into Texas, so the cattle had to be brought up to Kansas to be shipped east by railroad. |
| What did a town need to become a cattle town? | Towns had to be located along a railroad line. |
| Why did the Kansas legislature impose laws against Texas cattle entering the state? | Texas longhorns brought “Texas Fever” carrying ticks to Kansas. |
| Which of these things did The Grange actually do? | They organized & helped ship farmers’ crops across the country and promoted farmer education. |
| Name four pieces of equipment/clothing were vital to a cowboy’s survival... | Hat, chaps, gloves, boots, saddle. |
| Name one benefit to living in town: | Closer to stores/railroad. Children could learn a trade or job (apprentice). |
| What does "Rain Follows the Plow" mean? | Early farmers believed cultivating the land would change the weather. |
| Subsistence farming | Growing enough food/crop to feed family. |
| Commercial farming | Growing food/crop with the purpose to sell and make a profit. |
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