Unit 9 Test Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads Final

What is the definition for the vocabulary term below?

Open Range

• A place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered or shipped elsewhere

• Left unplanted for one or more growing seasons

• Public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle

• A farming approach that uses careful plowing to keep loose soil on top, slowing evaporation to keep soil moist

What is the term for the definition below?

A series of acts made by the United States in 1862. It gave citizens free land in return for farming.

• Empresario Act

• Homestead Act

• Land Act

• Sharecropping Act

How did the Buffalo Soldiers get their name?

• Native Americans named them that due to their hair texture and bravery/strength like the animal

• Native Americans named them that due to only their hair texture

• Native Americans named them that due to only their bravery/strength

• Native Americans named them that due to their funny humor

Quanah Parker was the ____chief of the Quanada Comanches?

• only

• first

• last

• head

Why did the Chisholm Trail replace the Sedalia/Shawnee Trail?

• The state of Nebraska stopped accepting Texas cattle out of fear of the spread of Texas fever.

• The state of Kansas stopped accepting Texas cattle out of fear of the spread of Texas fever.

• The state of Missouri was against barbed wired fencing and told Texas to find a new state.

• The state of Missouri stopped accepting Texas cattle out of fear of the spread of Texas fever.

How did Texas fever affect cattle?

Select all that apply.

• It caused many cattle to grow stronger and live longer

• Cowboys had to find a new cattle trail after the state of Missouri stopped accepting them

• It caused many cattle to get sick and die

• Cowboys had to find a new cattle trail because the eastern part of Texas was too populated

Why did the Chisholm Trail became too difficult to use?

• It was too populated and more fencing was built making it hard to use

• Texas fever infected cows so the trail was no longer useable

• Missouri wanted Texas cows again now that they were better

• Beefier cows were discovered westward so the Chisholm trail was no longer needed

The Western Trail ended in what city?

• Ogalla, Nebraska

• Dodge City, Kansas

• Ellsworth, Kansas

• Cheyenne, Wymoning

Where did the Goodnight-Loving Trail end?

• Dodge City, Kansas

• Cheyenne, Wyoming

• Ft. Concho, Texas

• Ft. Belknap, Texas

Why was the Goodnigh-Loving Trail a dangerous trail?

Select all that apply.

• Hostile Native American groups

• Texas fever infecting both cattle and humans

• unfamiliar land (mountains)

• barbed wire fencing