Opening of the West

Purpose of the cattle drives

• take the cattle to ranches

• take the cattle to the railroads

• take the cattle to slaughter

• take the cattle to new pastures

Which one is native to Texas?

• Chinese workers

• cattle

• horses

• longhorns

What ended the cattle drives?

• cowboys and trailers

• low beef prices in Texas

• barbed wire and railroads

• bison

Purpose of American government removing Native Americans from their lands

• everyone has a dream of owning land

• to hunt buffalo

• to build shopping malls

• give the land to American settlers

Last Comanche chief

• Quanah Parker

• Cynthia Ann Parker

• Chief Bull Run

• Santanta

The purpose of forts in the west

• protect settlers

• fight the Civil War

• protect Native Americans

• herd stolen cattle

Why were these houses made out of grass?

• they wanted to save room and grow crops on the roof

• there was no wood available to build a house

• they were safe when tornadoes hit

• sod was lighter than bricks

The group of people who actually did most of the work building the Transcontinental Railroad.

• Chinese

• Irish

• Americans

• Russians

Which was NOT a danger faced building the railroad?

• rock slides/avalanches

• getting blown up

• falling off cliffs

• opening up the West to American settlement

Transcontinental means

• in North America

• around the continent

• across the continent

• to transfer something