Texas Cowboys, Ranching, Trails

What was the role of cattle trails?

• keep Native Americans from purchasing cattle

• main roads for cowboys to travel north

• helped create future highways

What was the trail that ended in Abilene, Kansas

• Great Western Trail

• Chisholm Trail

• Lonesome Trail

• Happy Trail

After the Civil War, Texans sent their cattle to the east because _________________.

• they were apologizing for their actions.

• the cows had diseases

• they could get a better price for them

• they were taking up too much space

The reason cattle were cheap in Texas was because of

• high demand

• low supply

• so many vegetarians living in Austin

• high supply

Cattle were herded along trails and then put on

• wagons

• boats

• trains

• medication

What were Mexican cowboys called?

• Vaqueros

• Los Mavericks

• La Bambas

• Los Lobos

Which country brought horses to North America?

• Italy

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

What did ranchers use to identify their cattle?

• branding irons

• tattoos

• ribbons

• hair dye

This invention helped put an end to cattle trails.

• electric fence

• cattle branding

• fence boards

• barbed wire

What was the MAIN purpose of many nineteenth-century cattle trails such as the Chisholm Trail?

• To help setters farm new lands.

• To clear wildlife from urban areas.

• To provide food to eastern cities.

• To supply Native Americans with all the food they needed.