WorksheetsCattle Trails Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the role of the Great Western Cattle Trails
a)
keep Native Americans from buying cattle
b)
main road for cowboys to travel north
2.
What was one reason for cattle trails to begin?
a)
people in the east needed meat because soldiers ate it during the war
b)
cattle did not graze in the east
c)
no one would tend to cattle in the east
3.
What was NOT the role of the black cowboys in Texas?
a)
helped policed Native American territories for the government
b)
helped herd cattle to railroads
c)
more than 9,000 were former slaves and very skilled in rodeos
d)
killed their former masters
4.
Who was the Chisolm Trail named after?
a)
Joseph McCoy
b)
Jesse Chisolm
c)
James Chisolm
5.
Which route took cattle to northern territories?
a)
The Great Western Trail
b)
The Chisolm Trail
c)
Black Trail
6.
DID BLACK AND WHITE COWBOYS WORK ALONG SIDE EACH OTHER?
a)
YES
b)
NO
7.
Bill Picket was best known for
a)
his ability to pull down a bull
b)
ride a horse
c)
herd cattle
d)
feed the cattle
8.
How did many former slaves know how to care for cattle?
a)
they learned from their fathers
b)
they grew up on Texas ranches
c)
they just knew how to do it
d)
they learned in the war
9.
Where did the Native Americans have to live after they were forced to leave their lands?
a)
Reservations
b)
Farms
10.
What was the first cattle trail that started in San Antonio,Texas and ended in Abilene, Kansas?
a)
Chisholm Trail
b)
Great Western Trail
11.
What was the name of the group that was able to get jobs on ranches after the Civil War?
a)
Black Cowboys of Texas
b)
Native Americans
12.
After the Civil War, Texans sent their cattle to the east because___________.
a)
they were vegetarians
b)
the cows had diseases
c)
they could get a better price for them
13.
The reason cattle were cheap in Texas was because of ______________.
a)
high supply
b)
low supply
c)
high demand
14.
It was his idea to start cattle trails from north Texas to Kansas.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Joseph McCoy
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Joseph McCarthy
15.
Cattle were herded along trails and then put on ________________.
a)
planes
b)
boats
c)
trains
16.
African Americans went west to be cowboys because____________.
a)
they liked horses
b)
they thought it was cool
c)
they were treated better there
d)
they wanted to get rich
17.
What was the name of the cattle trail that went from South Texas to Abilene, Kansas?
a)
Goodnight Trail
b)
Rio Grande Trail
c)
Chisholm Trail
d)
Cowboy Trail
18.
What were Mexican cowhands called?
a)
Vaqueros
b)
Los Cowboys
c)
Los Mavericks
d)
Vaca ninos
19.
African Americans who were recently freed and got jobs as cattle ranchers were known as __________________ ?
a)
The African American Cattle Rancher's Society
b)
The Freed Cattle Ranchers
c)
The Black Cowboys of Texas
d)
Freedman's Bureau
20.
True or False: the cattle trails help restore the economy
a)
true
b)
false
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