2.2 The cattle industry and factors in its growth

Cowboy

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• Routes used for driving cattle to towns

• A general word for cows.

• Keeping diseased animals away from healthy animals.

• A horse riding cattle herder.

• Herding cattle over long distances

Cattle

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• Routes used for driving cattle to towns

• A general word for cows.

• Keeping diseased animals away from healthy animals.

• A horse riding cattle herder.

• Herding cattle over long distances

Cattle trails

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• Routes used for driving cattle to towns

• A general word for cows.

• Keeping diseased animals away from healthy animals.

• A horse riding cattle herder.

• Herding cattle over long distances

Long drives

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• Routes used for driving cattle to towns

• A general word for cows.

• Keeping diseased animals away from healthy animals.

• A horse riding cattle herder.

• Herding cattle over long distances

E. Quarantine

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• Routes used for driving cattle to towns

• A general word for cows.

• Keeping diseased animals away from healthy animals.

• A horse riding cattle herder.

• Herding cattle over long distances

True or False

Before the Civil War, there was a strong cattle industry in Texas.

• True

• False

True or False

Before the Civil War, cowboys transported the cattle by train.

• True

• False

True or False

The biggest market for meat was the new settlements near California.

• True

• False

True or False

Farmers in Missouri and Kansas did not like Texan cowboys bringing cattle through their states.

• True

• False

True or False

In the 1850s, Missouri and Kansas passed quarantine laws which made it hard for Texans to move their cattle to towns to sell them.

• True

• False