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KSH - Chapter 7
Study Guide for Kansas History Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chisholm Trail | cattle trail that ran from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas |
| trail boss | person in charge of a cattle drive |
| Dodge City | one of several cattle towns in Kansas |
| Jesse Chisholm | trail blazer who marked portions of the most famous cattle trail |
| quarantine line | marked the area where Texas cattle could not go |
| Texas fever | disease that infected local cattle |
| Cyrus K. Holiday | established the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad |
| Fred Harvey | established restaurants, hotels, and dining cars along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad line |
| Pacific Railroad Act | passed by Congress to provide land grants to railroads |
| Town Site Association | it was their responsibility to survey the land and plan the selected town site |
| Transcontinental | There was national interest in building this railroad connecting the East and West Coasts |
| Monopoly | This is when railroads were the only transportation business in the area and had no competitors |
| Land Grant | public land given to the railroads by the government. In exchange, the railroads built tracks to specific locations. |
| Government | They gave public lands to the railroad as an incentive for the railroads to build where they would not otherwise build |
| "Rain follows the plow" | belief that once the prairie is cultivated the climate will change to bring more rain |
| corn, wheat, rye, barley, grapes, and fruits | Crops grown in Kansas |
| Eastern United States | There was a shortage of fresh meat in this part of the country so cattle were very valuable |
| Texas | There was an abundance of cattle in this place so they were not worth much |
| Kansas | Where the railroad stations were located to move the cattle to the east |
| Cattle drives | These were begun by cattle ranchers so they could make more of a profit by moving their cattle to the east |
| Railroads | The closer settlers lived to these, the more they had access to goods and services |
| Isolated | What you were when you lived in the country, or on a farm |
| Mechanical threshing machines | These allowed farmers to grow more grain, saved them time, and resulted in the need for less hired help |
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