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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What is NOT the name of a Cattle Trail? Sedalia and Baxter springs trail, Western Trail, Goodnight-Loving Trail

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Yellow River Trail

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Which invention is pictured above?

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Barbed wire

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Who am I? Options: Lizzie Johnson Williams, Richard King, Charles Goodnight, Bose Ikard

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Charles Goodnight

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

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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