In 1874, Joseph F. Glidden received the first patent for barbed wire. Which statement BEST describes the effect barbed wire had on the western US?

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Raymond

24 November, 01:02

In 1874, Joseph F. Glidden received the first patent for barbed wire. Which statement BEST describes the effect barbed wire had on the western US?

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Cristopher Costa · Answer 1

It ended the ability to have long cattle drives throughout the region.

Giada Aguirre · Answer 2

The statement that best describes the effect of barbed wire on the western US is that it achieved the target that the law of private property enacted by President Lincoln in 1862 could not accomplish.