Cattle Kingdom

Which of the following best describes the life of a cowboy?

• Pay was low, hours long, and life was hard and dangerous
• Showdowns and gunfights were common
• Most of their time was spent in cow towns
• Hunting indians and protecting white settlements

Which of the following DID NOT accelerate Westward Expansion

• Native American tribes
• Homestead Act
• ranching
• mining

______________ was an invention used to keep cattle in one area.

• sodbuster
• steel plow
• barbed wire
• free silver

The movement of cattle in large herds to a stockyard or market is known as a ______________. 

• Trail
• Herd
• Drive
• Drift

African American soldiers, who protected anglos from native attacks, were known as...

• Freedmen's Bureau
• Vaqueros
• Texas Rangers
• Buffalo Soldiers

What invention brought an end to the cattle drive era and helped increase the ability to farm in West Texas?

• the automobile
• barbed wire
• the telephone
• the steam engine

6) Which of the following groups taught Americans cattle ranching techniques in the early 1800s?

• Native Americans
• African Americans 
• settlers 
• Mexicans

8) Why did cowboys drive their herds of cattle north from Texas along the Chisholm and other trails?

• to get them to Kansas railway stations
• to move them to better grazing lands in Oklahoma
• to trade them with Native Americans in Indian Territory
• to escape Mexican ranchers moving into Texas from the south

25) Which of the following was NOT a reason that the age of the cowboy came to an end? 

• The invention of barbed wire
• Markets and cities back East no longer desired beef as a food source
• Rail lines were built into Texas
• Overproduction and falling cattle prices

The term "Wild West" describes the idea that the West was a place with

• gun slinging cowboys, exciting adventures, and big opportunities
• big business such as mining and ranching
• dangerous wild animals and peaceful Native Americans