The boat is traveling upstream
Answer: B. Shorter cattle drives resulted in ranchers losing fewer cattle.
Explanation:
Cattle could be transported eith shorter drives. Fewer cattle were needed to turn a profit (fewer losses occurred during drives).
A lack of central governments with wealth and power
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Slavery didnt get outlawed til closer to Abraham Lincoln's time, the mid-1800's, the Revolutionary War ended in 1783