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giddy - up, cowboys and girls! in the southwest during early half of the 1800s, cows were only worth 2 or 3 dollars apiece. they roamed wild, grazed off of the open range, and were abundant. midway through the century, railroads were built and the nation was connected. people in the northeast thus had a growing taste for beef and were willing to pay for it. out of the blue, the same cows that were once worth a couple of bucks were now worth between twenty and forty dollars each. the only problem was that they had to get these cows to the train station. a new profession emerged from this. it became pretty lucrative to wrangle up a drove of cattle and herd them to the nearest train town. of course it was dangerous too. cowboys were threatened at every turn. they faced cattle rustlers, stampedes and extreme weather, but they kept pushing those steers to the train station. by the turn of the century, barbed wire killed the open range. some may say the cowboy, too, was killed by barbed wire. maybe, but it was the train that birthed them. 5. main idea related title for the passage: 6. summarize the passage in your own words:

Explanation:

The passage describes the rise of the cowboy profession in the Southwest in the 1800s. Cows' value increased with railroad - building and growing beef demand. Cowboys herded cattle to train stations despite dangers, and the train played a key role in their emergence.

Answer:

1. "The Emergence of Cowboys and the Role of Trains"
2. In the early 1800s in the Southwest, cows were of low value and roamed freely. With the building of railroads and a growing taste for beef in the Northeast, the value of cows increased. A new profession of cowboys emerged to herd cattle to train stations. Despite facing dangers like rustlers and harsh weather, they persevered. By the turn of the century, while barbed wire changed the open - range, the train was crucial for the rise of cowboys.