Turn of the Century

A former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas

• Chisholm Trail

• Abeline Trail

• Nebraska Trail

• Oregon Trail

a long path used for moving cattle from San Antonio, Texas to Nebraska

• Chisholm Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Great Western Cattle Trail

• Nebraska Trail

Why were the cattle trails needed?

• They were becoming extinct

• They were unhappy with their other jobs.

• The railroad was coming to town.

• Beef was in surplus in Texas but scarce in the east.

35,000 cowboys herded cows along the cattle trails. How many were black cowboys?

• 20

• 9,000

• 13,000

• 15,000

How long did the era of cowboys and cattle trails last?

• 20 years

• 100 years

• 120 years

• 12 years

Why did the black cowboys move out west?

• They needed to escape from slavery

• They like cows

• To look for jobs after the Civil War

• They were looking for freedom

Who were the black cowboys?

• former slaves

• escaped slaves

• immigrants from Africa

• slaves

in short supply

• less

• opportunity cost

• surplus

• scarce

A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded

• surplus

• scarce

• freedom

• opportunity cost

Inventor of the light bulb and phonograph

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Thomas Edison

• Wright Brothers