Cattle Trails and Inventors

The cattle drives started in Texas and ended in which state?

• Kansas

• Colorado

• California

• Georgia

In Texas, cattle sold for $4 each. How much did cattle sell for in the north?

• $5

• $20

• $40

• free

The _____________ for cattle was high in the north and east.

• supply

• demand

• item

• railhead

Which method of transportation was used to move cattle?

• Steamboats
• Railroads
• Cars
• Planes

The Black Cowboys of Texas rose to prominence in the turn of the century. Why did the Black Cowboys of Texas form during this time?

• African Americans found work as cowboys where they faced less discrimination than in urban areas.

• African Americans were always the best ranch hands.

• African Americans prefered the climate and the people in the West and in Texas.

• African Americans were the only ones who knew the trails to transport the cattle.

Describe the purpose of the cattle trails.

• To feed the people in Texas.
• To transport cattle from Kansas and Oklahoma to Texas.
• To help increase the population of cattle in the United States.
• To move cattle from the ranches in Texas to the railheads in Kansas and Oklahoma.

What invention did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

• The television

• The telephone

• The radio

• The steam engine

Why were cattle trails ending towards the end of the 1800s?

• The cows ate all the grass.

• Barbed wire, dry summers and railroads were being built

• Running out of longhorns

• People were becoming vegetarians

What did George Washington Carver invent?

• Fertilizers

• Bubble Gum

• The new Wi-Fi password

• Peanut Butter

The Wright Brothers invented the first powered airplane in what location did the flight take place?

• Raleigh, North Carolina

• Columbia, South Carolina

• Kitty Hawk, South Carolina

• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina