The West Transformed

Linked Texas and Abilene

• Kansas Pacific
• Goodnight-Loving Trail
• Central Pacific-Union Pacific
• Chrisholm Trail

Linked Texas and Wyoming Territory

• Kansas Pacific

• Goodnight-Loving Trail

• Central Pacific - Union Pacific

• Chrisholm Trail

Which culture started the tradition of the cowboy?

• Spanish/Mexicans

• Anglos

• French

• Chinese

What was a huge deposit of gold and silver in Nevada that lured thousands of California miners to Nevada?

• Chisholm Trail

• Comstock Lode

• Golden Spike

• Sutter's Mill

What was the long sometimes dangerous journey, taking cattle to market, or to the plains for grazing known as?

• Cattle Kingdom

• Long Walk

• Cattle Drive

• Rodeo

What was created for the many Americans wanting a way to travel from across the country? (Connecting the East to West).

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Telegraph

• Oregon Trail

• Erie Canal

What was in the blue colored mud that made mining for gold so difficult?

• Boulders

• Silver

• Clay

• Lava

Why would cattle be driven to Kansas?

• Civil War fighting prevented them from going easth

• Ships couldn't carry enough cattle

• That is where the railroads were.

• Kansas had hungry gold miners.

Who were the common railroad workers?

• Chinese

• Irish Immigrants

• Eskimos

• Civil War veterans

• Gold miners

What symbol signified the connection of the transcontinental railroad?

• The Golden Spike

• The Golden Rail

• A friendship medal

• A buffalo