Cattle Trails and Inventors Unit Study Guide

Who was the Chisholm Trail named after?

• Joseph McCoy

• James Chisholm

• Jesse Chisholm

• John McCoy

The Black Cowboys of Texas were

• Spanish Cowboys from Mexico

• Carpetbaggers from the North

• Freed slaves who moved to Texas to pursue jobs as cowboys

• Men who wore black costumes and rode only black horses

Why was it necessary to move cattle from Texas?

• People in Texas didn't eat beef

• There was a terrible drought in Texas and the cattle couldn't get enough food

• There was an over-supply of cattle in Texas and the demand for beef was greater in the Northeast

• Cattle never even lived in Texas

What breed of cattle mainly lived in Texas?

• Longhorns

• Black Angus

• Brangus

• Brahama

Cattle were herded along the trails and then put on ____ to get to the east.

• planes

• cars

• boats

• trains

The first cattle trail was

• the Texan Trail

• the Great Western Trail

• the McCoy Trail

• the Chisholm Trail

The reason for high cattle prices in the East was

• low demand

• high demand

• high supply

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

• help settlers farm new lands

• clear wildlife from crowded areas

• provide food to eastern cities

• supply western ranches with livestock

Why did the Black Cowboys like working on the cattle trails?

• they liked to ride horses

• they had to because they were still slaves

• there was less discrimination against them on the trails than elsewhere

• they wanted to move to the North

What was the economic incentive for herding the cattle on the cattle trails?

• make a larger profit than selling the cattle in Texas

• get the cattle out of Texas so they would not get Texas Fever

• because the Confederate money was no good after the Civil War

• get around the barbed wire being put up