Who brought cattle to TX?

• Native Americans

• Spaniards

• Tejanos

• Mexicans

Why did cattle drivers brand their cattle

• to hurt them

• to keep track of their cattle they owned

• for the government to keep track of all the cows

Why was it important for Texas ranchers to find a way to get their cattle to cities in the Northeast?

• Because there were no railways connecting Texas with the Northeast

• Because the supply of cattle in the South was becoming too great for ranchers to handle

• Because demand for cattle in the Northeast meant high profits for ranchers

Why did cattle drives start?

• there were no railroads to transport cattle up North

• they needed quick $$$

• Because Mexico had a shortage of cattle and was willing to pay $60 a head

  
  

Which person had a show that made people in the East think that the life of a cowboy was easy?

• Buffalo Bill

• Charles Goodnight

• Denzel W.

• Margaret Borland

What was life for a cowboy actually like, what did they have to deal with?

• death

• stampedes

• Indian raids

• floods

• all of the above

Who established the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon, one of the first ranches in the Texas Panhandle?

• Charles Goodnight and John Adair

• Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving

• Richard King and Henrietta King

• Richard King and Gideon Lewis

Which of the following were the 2 reasons the cattle drives ended?

• There were no cattle left to sell in Texas

• Railroads came to Texas

• Vaqueros found new jobs in Kansas

• The invention of barbed wire

Barbed wire inventor

• Joseph Glidden

• John Deere

• Margaret Borland

railroad that runs all across the US

• transcontinental railroad

• Underground Railroad