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6. How did the tension between homesteaders and cattlemen start before the Johnson Count War?

  • Homesteaders fenced off cattlemens land
  • Suspected cattle rustling
  • Ella Watson was found with rustled cattle
  • The Northern Stock Growers Association was set up

7. Which racial group was attacked most frequently?

  • Chinese
  • Blacks
  • Indians
  • Mexicans

8. What happened to suspected criminals as soon as they had been found?

  • Left to commit more crimes so they could later be shot
  • Thrown into gaol
  • Run out of town
  • Shot

9. What famously did Belle Starr do?

  • First woman to be charged with bank robberies
  • First woman to be charged with murder
  • First woman to be charged with horse theft
  • First woman to be charged with cattle rustling

10. What did Pinkerton Detective Agents do?

  • Secretly kill hostile Indians
  • Provide protection to wealthy individuals
  • Track down robbers and thieves and provide general advice
  • Spy on men they suspected to be breaking the law

11. What happened to thieves if they were caught stealing horses?

  • Put in prison
  • Hanged
  • Whipped
  • Chases out of town

12. Who were appointed by the President to be responsible for the state or territory?

  • Sheriffs
  • Town marshals
  • US marshals
  • Deputy marshals

13. Why were trains easy targets for robberies?

  • Weak guard protection
  • They travelled slowly across the Plains
  • Weak doors and open plains
  • Lack of CCTV cameras

14. What was the job of a town marshal?

  • Be a deputy to US marshals
  • Force local people to stop lawlessness
  • Deal with local outbreaks of lawlessness
  • Watch over towns

15. How did vigilante committees generally inflict punishment?

  • Hanging
  • Lynching
  • Torture
  • Shoot outs