Cattle Trails and Inventions Quiz

Which trails were used to make money by moving cattle from Texas to the Eastern United States?

• Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail

• Great Western Cattle Trail and Chisholm Trail

• California Trail and Mormon Trail

• Lewis and Clark Trail and Pony Express Trail

Who worked alongside white cowboys for similar wages and opportunities?

• The Black Cowboys of Texas

• The Native American Cowboys

• The Mexican Cowboys

• The Canadian Cowboys

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Why were Texas ranchers motivated to drive their cattle to Kansas to send to the east coast?

• Because Kansas had better grazing land

• Because they could charge higher prices for their cattle

• Because Kansas had more cowboys

• Because Kansas had better weather

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Who completed the first powered, controlled aircraft flight?

• Henry Ford

• George Washington Carver

• The Wright Brothers

• Thomas Edison

What did George Washington Carver research?

• New techniques to keep the soil healthy

• The invention of the light bulb

• The creation of the telephone

• The development of the assembly line

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Who invented the assembly line?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Bell

• Henry Ford

• The Wright Brothers

Who created the light bulb?

• Alexander Bell

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington Carver

• Henry Ford

Who made it easier to communicate with others with the invention of the telephone?

• The Wright Brothers

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Bell

• Henry Ford

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Who provided a new route for international trade and military transport through the Panama Canal?

• William McKinley

• Teddy Roosevelt

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

Which war led to the United States being viewed as a new world power and gaining new territories such as Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?

• World War I

• Civil War

• Spanish-American War

• Revolutionary War

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