CATTLE DRIVES

What was the cowboys' job?

• Their job was to entertain people as they traveled west watching rodeos.
• Their job was to steal cattle before it made it to market.
• Their job was to keep the herd together, protect the herd, and keep it moving.

Ranchers had to journey North to get their cattle to the rail lines to get them to market to sell.  These journeys were _.

• cattle drives
• cow journeys
• cowboy trips
• rodeos

How was life rough for cowboys?

• Rough?  Being a cowboy was easy and lots of fun.
• They spent months on the trail, faced bad weather, risky river crossings, stampedes, and attacks.
• They worked five hours each day and only got a thirty-minute lunch break.
• All of these answer are correct.

If there is a high _________ for an item, manufactures will want to make more of the item and stores will want to have a lot of them.

• Supply
• Consumer
• Demand
• Producers

African Americans who were recently freed and got jobs as cattle ranchers were known as  __________________ ?

• The African American Cattle Rancher's Society
• The Freed Cattle Ranchers
• The Black Cowboys of Texas
• Freedman's Bureau

Which is NOT a reason that cattle drives ended?

• The 15th Amendment was passed and cattle drives were illegal.
• Barbed wire fences made it difficult to pass through the trails.
• Many cattle died and decreased the cattle population, making the supply of cattle lower.
• An increase in railroads made it easier to transport cattle, without the need of cattle trails.

In the Eastern United States cattle sold for around _____________?

• $2
• $4
• $40
• $400

When were cattle drives common?

• 1600s
• late 1800s
• Cattle drives are not real.
• They still are common.

What role did railroads play in Texas’ economy?

• Railroads brought very few people to Texas.
• The trains were made to transport people only.
• The railroads made it harder to transport goods to the East.
• A way to transport goods such as cattle to market.

How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?

• The demand for beef in the East gave more business to the cattle industry.
• Farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing.
• Much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war.
• The loss in the Confederacy brought many cowboys to Texas.