The lines in the poem are most likely describing the struggle of "cowboys could not access enough grass and water for their cows after ranchers sectioned it off with barbed wire." The reference to wanting wide-open country and not wanting to be fenced in suggests a yearning for the open space that was increasingly restricted due to ranching practices and land ownership changes in the Western frontier.
What struggle in the western frontier are the lines in the poem most likely describing? “Oh, give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above Don't fence me in Let me ride thru the wide-open country that I love Don't fence me in . . .” -By Cole Porter and Bob Fletcher (1 point) Responses Miners and cowboys felt that their open range way of life would be over once their families arrived and helped establish law and order. Miners and cowboys felt that their open range way of life would be over once their families arrived and helped establish law and order. Women in the West had fewer rights than those in the East and often wished they had more freedom. Women in the West had fewer rights than those in the East and often wished they had more freedom. Cowboys could not access enough grass and water for their cows after ranchers sectioned it off with barbed wire. Cowboys could not access enough grass and water for their cows after ranchers sectioned it off with barbed wire. Many farmers struggled to grow crops out west due to the harsh weather conditions.
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