Cattle, Cotton and Railroads!

Which Cattle Trail went to New Mexico?

• Goodnight - Loving

• Western

• Chisholm

• Shawnee Trail

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.

Why was branding used?

• Because the ranchers were cruel and enjoyed torturing animals.

• It caused cows to gain weight

• It caused the cows to be stronger

• To identify the ownership of the herds.

Cowboys were

• All white

• All hispanic

• All former slaves

• A mix of all races working long hours and poor pay

What closed the open range?

• Fireproof doors

• Barbed Wires

• The Sheriff

• Elite Military units

Beetle that damaged Cotton crop

• Boll Weevil

• Supply and Demand

• Windmills

• Threshers

• Wranglers

Cattle thief

• Dry Farming

• Texas Fever

• Commissioners

• Rustlers

• Longhorns

Breed of cattle used in early cattle drives

• Dry Farming

• Texas Fever

• Commissioners

• Rustlers

• Longhorns

Where you hold the livestock in a pen

• Labor Unions

• Junctions

• Commercial Farming

• Open Range

• Stockyards

Unfenced land

• Labor Unions

• Junctions

• Commercial Farming

• Open Range

• Stockyards