The demand for cattle and an increase in railroad construction across the United States contributed
most directly to-
A. a shortage of beef in East Texas
B. the expansion of the Texas cattle industry
C. a decrease in land available for ranching in
West Texas
D. the building of stockyards along the Texas
coast

C

Explanation:

a decrease in land available for ranching in

West Texas

its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.

i think the answer's are a) b) and c)