Cattle Trails

Why was the Chisholm Trail important to America?

• It was a great way to travel to America before there were any roads.

• The Chisholm Trail was another name for the railroad and that’s how people got around.

• Cattle were herded on the Chisholm Trail up to the railroad, so they could be sold for a good profit back north/east.

• Cows were taken down to Mexico on the Chisholm Trail and improved America’s relationship with Mexico.

How did price incentives motivate cowboys to drive their cattle all the way up to Kansas?

• Less cattle were raised on the east coast, so if they could get the cattle to the east coast by railroad, they could sell them for more money.

• More cattle were raised on the east coast, so if they could get the cattle to the east coast by railroad, they could sell them for more money.

• The cows were worth more money if they got lots of exercise so they drove them up to Kansas for exercise.

• Kansas is on the east coast, and they didn’t have as many cows, so the demand was higher, making them worth more there.

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

Using the map on the back, describe which direction the cattle trails move. Why do they move this way?

• They move to the North because that is where the demand for cattle was

• They move to the South because they needed to get the cattle to Texas to get on the railroad so the cattle could be shipped East

• They move to the North because they needed to get the cows to Kansas and Nebraska to get on the railroad so the cows could be shipped East

• They move to the South towards Texas because that is where the demand for cattle was

Using the map on the back, describe where most of the trails end. Why is this so?

• Texas, because this is where the cowboys would put the cattle on the railroad to ship East

• Kansas and Nebraska because this is where the demand for cattle was

• Texas, because this is where the demand for cattle was

• Kansas and Nebraska, because this is where the cowboys would put the cattle on the railroad to ship East

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.

Why did freed slaves go to Texas and work as cowboys in the years after the Civil War?

• They could own land in California

• They were sold to Texas ranchers.

• They were treated equally to white cowboys

• They thought the cowboy life was easy.

BONUS

An immigrant is _____.

• A person who is not in the military

• A person who comes to live in a country from their home country.

• The way people use resources to meet their needs.

• Searching the unknown

BONUS

What is a common reason people immigrate to the United States?

• Better medicines and health care

• The climate is better in the United States.

• Better opportunities for jobs and wealth.

• The land is flat and better from crops.

BONUS

According to the chart below, where did most immigrants to the United States come from in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?

• Europe

• Asia

• The Americas

• Cannot be determined