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Section 3 Notetaking Study Guide
Question to Think About As you read Section 3 in your textbook and take notes,
keep this section focus question in mind: What factors led to boom and bust in the
cattle industry?
Use this chart to record key information from the section. Some information has been
filled in to get you started.
Cattle Kingdoms: Causes and Effects
Causes
Effects
1. Texas ranchers began driving cattle to
the rail lines to get cattle to distant
__________.
Cowhands followed trails
markets
such as the ________________
Trail
Chisolm
and the ______________________
Trail.
Goodnight-Loving
2. Cowhands who drove cattle needed to unwind at the end of the trail, where they
faced dangers such as panicked animals,
stampedes, fires, and thieves.
2. _______________
sprang up along rail
Cow towns
lines. Here, ____________,
dance halls
___________,
_________,
and
saloons
hotels
_______________
served
the
cowboys.
restaurants
3. Cowhands borrowed much from early
____________
and _____________
Spanish
Mexican
____________.
vaqueros
3. Cowhands learned how to ride, rope, and
brand. They wore spurs and chaps and
broad-brimmed hats.
4. _________________________
created
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
a traveling _________________
show.
Wild West
4. The myth of the Wild West as a place of
violence, adventure, and endless opportunity was spread.
5. Profits rose. New breeds of cattle had
fewer __________
and more
diseases
___________
than
longhorns.
meat
5. The cattle industry booms. Backers from
the East and Europe invested ________
millions
in _____________________.
huge cattle companies
6. In the 1880s, there was bad weather,
economic depression, lower demand for
beef, and competition with sheep. Farmers fenced in the open range.
6. The cattle industry ________________.
collapsed
7. Railroads expanded and their lines moved
closer to the ranches.
7. Large roundups and long
_____________________
vanished. The
cattle drives
cattle boom ___________________.
was over
Refer to this page to answer the Chapter 13 Focus Question on page 215.
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Unit 6 Chapter 13 Section 3
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1. Railroads swept across the Plains.