Texas Cattle Drives

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Consider the picture. Why did the cattle trails stop at the red lines?

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Red lines represented railroads for cattle to be shipped back east.

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Which invention is pictured above?

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Barbed wire

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Why did the cattle industry grow so much in Texas after the Civil War? Options: Cattle were relatively inexpensive to acquire and easy to raise. There were railroads that made it faster to get cattle to cities and markets. The climate and wide open spaces of Texas made it a good place to raise cattle. There was a shortage of beef in cities and markets in eastern and northern states.

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There was a shortage of beef in cities and markets in eastern and northern states.

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How did the development of railroads change the Texas economy?

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Goods arrived to market faster.

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The railroad shown in the map is the first railroad line built in Texas. Which city likely benefitted most by the location of the railroad? Options: Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Lubbock

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Dallas

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Why did the cattle industry grow in Texas after the Civil War?

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There was a demand for beef in the north and Texas had a large supply of cattle.

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How did Texans get their cattle to the northern market?

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cattle drives

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What contribution did Charles Goodnight make to the cattle industry?

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blazed the Goodnight-Loving trail

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Bad weather, cattle rustlers, and stampedes are all causes of what?

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Dangers on a cattle drive

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How did ranchers in Historic Texas mark their cattle as belonging to them?

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brands which were symbols burned into the hides