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Westward Expansion
Section 3
Term | Definition |
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Cattle Kingdom - demand for beef | After the Civil War, the demand for beef skyrocketed. |
Longhorns | Wild cattle that roamed the Texas/Oklahoma panhandle. |
Cattle Drives | Cowboys would drive the cattle North to railroad spurs. |
Vaqueros | Spanish cowboys |
Lariat | lasso |
Chaperrapas | chaps; coverings for pants |
Sombrero | Cowboy hat |
Dangers of Cattle Drives | Flash flooding (animals could get washed away), brush fires, lighting strikes and thunder (could cause a stampede, snakes (could cause a stampede) |
Cow Towns | Located north of the panhandle (ex Kansas). Towns, hotels, restaurants etc. sprung up as a result of the cattle drive. Cowboys spent their $$$ here. |
The Open Range | Cattle would just wander around and feed freely. Then the cowboys would round them up and take them to cow towns. |
Branding | A way of identifying a cattle's owner. |
End of the Open Range | Disease, drought, fencing, severe winters |