Why did Texas legislature make fence cutting a felony in 1884? from today's readings) *
The legislature wanted to keep the range open.
O The legislature sided with sheep ranchers.
O The legislature wanted to end the conflict over fencing.
O The legislature sided with cattle ranchers.

What was one reason that southern states passed laws after 1800 to discourage manumission? 1)southern whites feared that freed blacks would seek revenge for past treatment as slaves. 2) northern leaders pressured southerners to liberate enslaved people. 3)southern states needed an inexpensive labor force to work in southern factories. 4)northern whites had sold their slaves to southerners before slavery was banned in the north.