Cattle raising became increasingly profitable in the 1860s and gave rise to the lucrative cattle industry because of
a. a decline in beef imported from Europe.
b. court decisions that allowed livestock to be moved freely across state lines.
c. railroad expansion and population growth.
d. investment funds made available by the discovery of mineral deposits in the West.
c
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How did states use land as a way to maximize resources to increase their economic productivity in the eighteenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
In the mid-1880s, African American workers in the South enthusiastically joined the
A) Knights of Labor. B) American Federation of Labor. C) Populist Party. D) Democratic Party.
The term "__________" was coined in the nineteenth century to describe the period of three centuries during which Greek culture spread far from its homeland to Egypt and deep into Asia.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In 1882, Congress took which of the following actions?
a) banned Chinese immigrants b) prohibited interracial marriages c) banned sharecropping d) readmitted Mississippi to the Union