Question

What were two factors that contributed to the end of the open range on the western frontier?
a shortage of cowboys to tend to, drive, and sell the cattle

the invention and promotion of barbed wire to restrict cattle roaming

two summers with rainfall that led to floods that killed most of the plains cattle overgrazing on plains by sheep and cattle that led to the destruction of the land

Answer 1

Two factors that led to the end of the open range on the western frontier was

• the invention and promotion of barbed wire to restrict cattle roaming
• overgrazing on plains by sheep and cattle that led to the destruction of the land

After the barbed wire was invented, it was used to fence farm areas in order to prevent cattle from roaming freely on people's properties. The farmers used the barbed wire to prevent destruction on their lands by cows.

The use of the barbed wire was one major reason why open range ended in the West.

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