1. Objectives 1. Discuss the events surrounding the cattle boom 2. Discuss how the US government helped the cattle boom

2.  Look at the map on p. 445 and answer the question

3.  Read p. 449-453 and take notes on  1. the events surrounding the mining boom  2.Explain how mining became big business  Questions  1.Why did the cattle boom end by the 1890s?  2. Describe 3 federal land grants of the 1800s.  3. What was the 15 th amendment?  4. Explain the court case of McCulloch v. Maryland.

4.  What were the three land grants that helped to settle the west?  What were the causes/effects of the Battle of Wounded Knee?  What two branches were at odds over Reconstruction?  What was the case/decision in Marbury v. Madison?

5.  Word Bubble – What factors led to the growth of cattle ranching?

6. Not so tasty but very hardy! TEXAS LONGHORN

7.  Causes ◦ Breeding of the TX Longhorn ◦ Buffalo #s were decreasing ◦ Demand for Beef in the East increased ◦ Building of RRS ◦ Long Drive System

8.  During ◦ High Beef Prices ◦ Creation of Railheads that became civilized and prosperous with time ◦ Government converted Indian land into the Open Range ◦ Cowboy Culture

9. How do they know which cattle are theirs on the open range? Cowboys with Cattle~

10.  Too many cattle on the open range ◦ Overgrazing destroyed grasslands ◦ Increased supply decreased prices  Invention of barbed wire killed the open range  Winter of 1885-1886 and drought 1886

11.  Word Bubble = What factors led to the decline of cattle ranching