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1.Why was cattle ranching an important business for the Great Plains?2.What developments of the late 1800’s attracted settlers to endure the hardships of the GreatPlains?3.How did the arrival of new settlers affect the Plains Indians?4.What were two significant factors in the growth of the U.S. industry?5.Which invention do you think had the most lasting influence?6.How did laisses-faire economics encourage businesses to industrialize?7.How did the transcontinental railroad transform the West?8.How did government grants to build railroads result in large-scale corporations?9.What advantages do large corporations have over small businesses?10.Why did workers try to form unions in the late 1800’s?1.Cattle ranching was an important business for the great plains because it was aspacious area that could tend a lot of cattle. The more cattle that was tended, the morebeef could sell, which means money for the ranchers and food for the colonists.
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