Cattle Vocab Quiz

the western U.S. where settlers began to move to live in the 19th century

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The last chief of the Comanche Native American tribe, (a)   went on to be an advocate for Native American rights in Texas and the United States.

(a)   were the process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses.

The practice of growing surplus crops to sell for profit is (a)  

________ ________ are a violent conflict over control of the "open range", or range land freely used for cattle grazing. Typically they were disputes over water rights or grazing rights and cattle ownership.

(a)  

______ ________ was a legendary rancher and trailblazer, Goodnight became known as the "father of the Texas Panhandle."

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The _______ ___________ was a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The trail was established by Black Beaver, a Lenape (Delaware) guide and rancher, and his friend Jesse Chisholm, a merchant. It was the most widely used cattle drive trail during the late 1800s.

(a)  

The Spanish term for cowboy is (a)  

a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals is a (a)  

______ _______ was the nickname given to members of African American cavalry regiments (military troops) of the U.S. Army. They served in the western United States from 1867 to 1896, mainly fighting Indians on the frontier, in conflicts known as the Indian Wars.

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