Why did cattle owners have to buy private property on which to keep their cattle?

Question

(1 point)

They couldn't graze their cattle on Native American reservations.

Cattle in open-range herds got mixed together.

Farms and the railroads carved up the open range.

Diseases often wiped out entire herds.

Why did the Populist movement break up after the election of 1896?

(1 point)

Democrats adopted several Populist causes.

They lost support for an 8-hour workday.

People tired of a lack of prosperity.

Its members decided to adopt the gold standard.

Which legislation gave large grants of land to states to establish agricultural colleges?

(1 point)

Public Education Act

Homestead Act

Morrill Acts

Land Compromise Act

Which two groups were the primary settlers of the Southwest?

(1 point)

Chinese and Hispanics

Anglos and Mexicanos

Hispanics and Anglos

Mexicanos and Chinese

Answer 1

1. Why did cattle owners have to buy private property on which to keep their cattle?
   Answer: Farms and the railroads carved up the open range.

2. Why did the Populist movement break up after the election of 1896?
   Answer: Democrats adopted several Populist causes.

3. Which legislation gave large grants of land to states to establish agricultural colleges?
   Answer: Morrill Acts.

4. Which two groups were the primary settlers of the Southwest?
   Answer: Anglos and Mexicanos.