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Cattle Cotton and Railroads: Frontier/ Cattle

Authored by Daeja BOATENG

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7th Grade

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Cattle Cotton and Railroads: Frontier/ Cattle
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why would the cattle be driven to Kansas?

Civil war fighting prevented them from going East

That is where the railroads were.

Ships couldn't carry enough cattle

Kansas had hungry gold miners.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cowboys were

All white

All hispanic

All former slaves

A mix of all races working long hours and poor pay

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What closed the open range?

Fireproof doors

Barbed Wires

The Sheriff

Elite Military units

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Breed of cattle used in early cattle drives

Dry Farming

Texas Fever

Commissioners

Rustlers

Longhorns

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The movement of cattle from the range to the railroads

Barbed Wire

Transcontinental Railroad

Brands

Cattle Drive

Range Wars

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The purpose of cattle drives was 

To make cattle lose weight from the exercise
To give cowboys rodeo skills practice
To move cattle from Southern Texas to the railroad yards so they could be quickly transported to people in the North and East
To spread out the herds to other parts of the country

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the cattle industry begin in Texas?

It didn't begin in Texas

Crops were dying so Texans needed a new job

The Spanish brough cattle to Texas and the vaquero took care of them on ranches

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