6. The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from

a. the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land.
b. a series of extraordinarily severe winters.
c. overgrazing and overproduction.
d. the inability to recruit enough veteran cowboys.
e. barbed-wire fencing.

the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land

Explanation:

The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land; a series of extraordinarily severe winters; overgrazing and overproduction; and barbed-wire fencing.

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i believe its either the first or third option but i'm leaning more towards the third option:

the first excerpt makes a logical appeal, while the second excerpt makes an emotional appeal.

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