Turn of the Century L1-L2

Who came up with the idea to herd the cattle north through Texas and Oklahoma to meet up with the railroads in Kansas?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Joseph McCoy

• Jessie Chisholm

  The President

• The President

After the Civil War, Texas cattle farmers returned home to find that their cattle herds

• to find that their cattle herds had died

• the cattle was eating all the grass

• were floating in the air

  to find that their cattle

• herds had grown tremendously while they were away

What Amendment abolished slavery?

• 14th

• 13th

• 12th

• 15th

What Amendment granted citizenship all persons born in the United States and guaranteed them equal rights?

• 14th

• 13th

• 12th

• 15th

What Amendment ensured that the right to vote can not be denied because of race, or color, or previous conditions?

• 14th

• 13th

• 12th

• 15th

The Black Cowboys

• black animal herder who tends cattle on ranches, traditionally on horseback

• the first cattle trail; ran from Red River in northern Texas to Abilene

• moving in a different direction within a period of 100 years

• cattle trail that existed both north and south of Dodge City, Kansas, and allowed ranchers to move large numbers of cattle to this railroad hub for transport East

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Harriet Tubman

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Louisa May Alcott

Which law required citizens to return runaway slaves to their owners?

• Underground Railroad

• Fugitive Slave Law

• States' rights

• Missouri Compromise

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

• ice cream

• peanut butter

• telephone

• computer

Who invented the first practical light bulb and electrical generating system?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• The Wright Brothers

• George Washington Carver