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WorksheetsFrontier and Cattle and Industry Oh My!
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is Joseph Glidden famous for?
a)
starting cattle drives
b)
inventing the cattle brand
c)
inventing barbed wire
2.
What is the appropriate term for the object shwon in this image?
a)
Lariat Wire
b)
Drover Wire
c)
Range Wire
d)
Barbed Wire
3.
When ranchers fenced off their land with barbed wire, what was the result?
a)
It caused range wars
b)
It closed the open frontier
c)
It ended the cattle drives
d)
All of the choices
4.
What reality did cowboys face on their long cattle drives north?
a)
Possible Stampedes
b)
surprise attacks by Indians
c)
criminals and bullies
d)
Natural disaster
5.
Why did ranching develop in West Texas instead of farming?
a)
Water Resources were scarce
b)
Lack of railroads
c)
Politics
d)
Oil was discovered in West Texas
6.
Which nickname was given to the African-American regiments of the Army after the Civil War?
a)
Buffalo Hunters
b)
Red River Rebels
c)
Buffalo Soldiers
d)
Screaming Eagles
7.
What region were most cotton plantations at in Texas?
a)
North Central
b)
Great Plains
c)
Mts. & Basins
d)
Coastal Plains
8.
Public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle is called
a)
range over
b)
free range
c)
open range
9.
What is it called when cattle are moved to a stockyard or a market?
a)
Drive
b)
Traveled
c)
Movement
10.
Rachero is the __________ word for "rancher"
a)
English
b)
Spanish
c)
German
11.
Name the largest ranch found in Texas?
a)
JA Ranch
b)
XIT Ranch
c)
Matador Ranch
d)
King Ranch
12.
The rise of ________ made transportation easier during this era?
a)
horses
b)
railroads
c)
chuck wagons
d)
banks
13.
What is the Spanish term for cowboy?
a)
vaquero
b)
ranchero
c)
charro
d)
reata
14.
How did the railroads affect the cattle drives?
a)
The railroads in Texas did not affect the cattle drives
b)
People still chose to do cattle drives because it was cheaper
c)
There was still a lot of open land so the cattle went around the railroad tracks
d)
The cattle could now be put directly on the railcars and then sent to market
15.
What did ranchers use to tell the difference between their cattle?
a)
brands
b)
collars
c)
fences
16.
What three components helped end the cattle kingdom and cattle drives?
a)
railroads, barbwire, longhorns
b)
barbwire, railroads, windmills
c)
cattle, oil, automobiles
d)
railroads, cattle trails, windmills
17.
Which of these was the nickname given to a group of African American cavalry soldiers who were effective fighters in the "war" against the Native Americans?
a)
Buffalo Soldiers
b)
Texas Rangers
c)
Frontier Battalion
d)
Native Fighters
18.
What was the main purpose of the Texas Rangers?
a)
to serve as a political unit to establish
law and order in Texas
b)
to remove all Native Americans from Texas
c)
to support Texas ranchers against Texas farmers
d)
to serve as a police force and military unit to establish
law and order in Texas
19.
A document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred.
a)
Secondary Source
b)
Primary Source
20.
What is the definition of secondary sources?
a)
auto- means self
b)
mis- means wrongly
c)
A secondary source comes from a second hand source. It may be factual and truthful, but it is based on first-hand information and reports. It is not as close to the actual event as a primary source.
21.
The long trips where cowhands (cowboys) herded (drove) cattle to the stockyards such as Abilene, Kansas were called _____________.
a)
Chapparreras
b)
Lariats
c)
Cattle Drives
d)
Vaqueros
22.
Cattle drives often ended in __________. Towns that grew up usually where railroads passed through.
a)
Ghost Towns
b)
Boom Towns
c)
Cattle Towns
d)
Mining Towns
23.
One of the most famous cattle trails was the ___________ Trail.
a)
Vaquero
b)
Chaps
c)
Chuck Wagon
d)
Chisholm
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