What Was Joseph Glidden's Claim to Fame

question 65

Multiple Choice

What was Joseph Glidden's claim to fame?

• A) He was a railroad man who reaped great profits from the early cattle drives and became the richest figure in the West.
• B) He perfected the invention of barbed wire, which sparked "range wars" as well as the loss of Native American lands.
• C) He became a renowned buffalo hunter, slaughtering thousands of the animals and making them more important to the United States than cattle.
• D) He led the sheep ranchers against the cattlemen for control of western grazing lands but suffered a dramatic defeat.
• E) He called for the regulation of bonanza farms because he believed they were unethical and harmed farmers.

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