RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The industry boomed as cattle ranchers shipped their meat to market.
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The industry boomed as cattle ranchers relocated to the West.
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The industry failed as cattle ranches had to make way for railroads.
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The industry failed as railroads shipped food products from the East.
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Detailed explanation-1: -More cow towns were built in the West as railways improved their ability to export large numbers of western cattle. As a result, the industry boomed as cattle ranchers shipped their meat to market is the railroad expansion affect the cattle ranching industry. Therefore, option (a) is correct.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because railroads enabled farmers and ranchers to transporttheir products more efficiently, by the turn of the century Texas had become a leading producer of both cattle and cotton.
Detailed explanation-3: -The development of the railroad made it profitable to raise cattle on the Great Plains. In 1860, some five-million longhorn cattle grazed in the Lone Star state. Cattle that could be bought for $3 to $5 a head in Texas could be sold for $30 to $50 at railroad shipping points in Abilene or Dodge City in Kansas.
Detailed explanation-4: -Railroads became a major industry, stimulating other heavy industries such as iron and steel production. These advances in travel and transport helped drive settlement in the western regions of North America and were integral to the nation’s industrialization.