Chapter 19 Test

__________ brought cattle to Texas.

• Spainards

• Native Americans

• English

• Irish

Cattle in the 1800s roamed on the unfenced land of South Texas called the ____________.

• stockyards

• open range

• ranches

• markets

The main breed of cattle in Texas during the 1880's-1900's was the

• angus

• bull

• longhorn

• holstein

Richard King founded one of the largest ranches in Texas in 1853 and named it the

• King Ranch

• Queen Ranch

• Chisholm Trail Ranch

• Houston Ranch

A _________ is a person who moves livestock overland to market.

• wrangler

• fallow

• farmer

• drover

This state banned Texas cattle from entering it because they carried a tick, which caused "Texas Fever"

• Missouri

• Louisiana

• Oklahoma

• Wyoming

The Chisholm Trail went thru the Fort Worth area to ____________, where the cattle was put onto railroad cars.

• Abilene, Kansas

• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Denver, Colorado

• Cheyenne, Wyoming

What was a reason why the cattle drives from Texas stopped occurring?

• fences were built

• too much rain

• goats became the new thing

• not enough money in it

The member of the cattle drive that took care of the "resting horses" on a cattle drive was the

• wrangler

• ranchero

• trailboss

• drag position

Cattle ranchers do this to show ownership of their cattle.

• tagging

• syndicating

• branding

• fallowing