Chapter 11 Quiz

Cattle drives and ranching were year-round jobs for who?

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Farmers

• Indians

• Cowboys

Last chief of the Comanche, mother's name was Cynthia, he led raids against Buffalo hunters.

• Sitting Bull

• James Hogg

• Quanah Parker

• Buffalo Bill

Most cattle trails went-

• North

• East

• South

• West

What was the solution to getting the Texas cattle to the east?

• herding the cattle to places like Kansas with railheads and putting them on trains

• putting them on trucks

• putting them on wagons in Kansas

• herding them to the east

The first cattle trail that led to Kansas was called the

• Great Western Trail

• Chisholm Trail

• Panama Canal

• Abeline, Kansas

What was the name of the trail that cattle to the northeast?

• The Kansas Trail

• The Chisolm Trail

• The Great Western Trail

• The Oklahoma Trail

Consider the picture. Why did the cattle trails stop at the red lines?

• The red lines were rivers which represented towns for cattle to be sold

• The red lines are trading trails where people could buy and sell

• there's nothing important about the red lines

• Red lines represented railroads for cattle to be shipped back east

What is NOT the name of a Cattle Trail?

• Sedalia and Baxter springs trail

• Western Trail

• Yellow River Trail

• Goodnight-Loving Trail

5. Why did the cattle industry grow so much in Texas after the Civil War?

• Cattle were relatively inexpensive to acquire and easy to raise.

• There were railroads that made it faster to get cattle to cities and markets.

• The climate and wide open spaces of Texas made it a good place to raise cattle.

• There was a shortage of beef in cities and markets in eastern and northern states.

Bad weather, cattle rustlers, Indians, and stampedes are all causes of what?

• Dangers on an oil rig

• Dangers during the battle of the Alamo

• Dangers on a Cattle Drive

• Dangers of farming