Cattle Trails

Why was there a shortage of cattle in the east?

• They died.

• There weren't many to begin with.

• The Civil War soldiers ate most of it during the war.

• None of these.

How long did the cowboys and cattle trails last?

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 100 years

• 50 years

What was the solution to getting the Texas cattle to the east?

• herding the cattle to places like Kansas with railheads and putting them on trains

• putting them on trucks

• putting them on wagons in Kansas

• herding them to the east

The first cattle trail that led to Kansas was called the

• Great Western Trail

• Chisholm Trail

• Panama Canal

• Abeline, Kansas

What was the name of the trail that cattle to the northeast?

• The Kansas Trail

• The Chisolm Trail

• The Great Western Trail

• The Oklahoma Trail

A group of former slaves who worked on the cattle trails were called ____________________.

• Black Cowboys

• Joqueres

• Spanish Cowboys

• gold hunters

Black Cowboys had less ____________on cattle trails.

• work

• responsibility

• discrimination

• help

What played a big role in cattle prices at the turn of the century?

• high demand in the east

• low supply in Texas

• high supply in the east

• high demand in Texas