Black Cowboys and Cattle Trails Assessment

What was the MAIN purpose of many nineteenth-century cattle trails such as the Chisholm Trail?

• to help settlers farm new lands

• to provide food to eastern cities

• to clear wildlife from crowded areas

• to supply western ranches with livestock

The "Black Cowboys" of nineteenth-century Texas are MOST associated with...

• clearing and developing the Chisholm Trail for cattle.

• cattle drives from Texas and across the Great Plains.

• the founding of trading posts along the US-Mexican border.

• the relocation of American Indians in the American Southwest.

The Great Western Cattle Trail had an important role in moving goods in which direction?

• from Oregon toward the Midwest

• from Texas toward the Northeast

• from California toward the Atlantic coast

• from Oklahoma toward the Pacific coast

To whom in the American West did the term "cowboy" originally refer?

• men who raised cattle on plantations in the American South

• men who sold cattle to merchants at ports along the Texas coast

• men who sailed cattle up the Mississippi to communities in the north

• men who drove cattle from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail

The reason for high cattle prices in the East was...

• low demand

• high supply

• high demand

The first cattle trail was...

• The Chisholm Trail

• The Great Western Trail

• The Texan Trail

Cattle were herded along trails and then put on ...

• planes

• trains

• cars

• boats

Which description best fits with the Black Cowboys of Texas?

• Cattle trails allowed former slaves the opportunity to make money while providing meat to busy cities along the East coast.

• Light bulbs powered by electricity improved the ability to work, read, and even play after dark.

• The Panama Canal improved the speed of shipping supplies and improved business with other countries.

• The telephone improved the ability to communicate. It was much more user friendly then the telegraph and Morse Code.

Which people found new freedoms by becoming cowboys in the West?

• white men

• white women

• black men

• black women

Where did cattle drives begin? (Which state)

• Missouri
• Georgia
• Oklahoma
• Texas