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Americans Go West

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the turn of the century, Texas ranchers would herd cattle north on cattle trails and then ship cattle east on railroads because people in the northeastern states were willing to pay more money for cattle than people in Texas. These

ranchers were motivated by _____________.

a)

natural resources

b)

opportunity cost

c)

price incentive

d)

hard work

2.
Which method of transportation was used to move cattle?
a)
Steamboats
b)
Railroads
c)
Cars
d)
Planes
3.
What happened to the price of cattle in TEXAS when ranchers returned home after the war?
a)
The price of cattle increased because there were so many cows.
b)
The price of cattle decreased because there were so many cows.
c)
The price of cattle increased because most of the cows had been eaten.
d)
Nothing happened to the price of cows.
4.
What is the name of the famous trail that ends Abilene, Kansas?
a)
Oregon Trail
b)
Shawnee Trail
c)
Chisholm Trail
d)
Bike Trail
5.
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
6.
Who was the Chisolm Trail named after?
a)
Joseph McCoy
b)
Jesse Chisolm
c)
James Chisolm
7.
Which route took cattle to northern territories?
a)
The Great Western Trail
b)
The Chisolm Trail
c)
Black Trail
8.

a pathway that cattle create to move from place to place

a)

cattle

b)

cattle trail

c)

cowboy

d)

scarcity

9.

Why was there a shortage of cattle in the east?

a)

They died.

b)

There weren't many to begin with.

c)

The Civil War soldiers ate most of it during the war.

d)

None of these.

10.

How long did the cowboys and cattle trails last?

a)

10 years

b)

20 years

c)

100 years

d)

50 years

11.

The first cattle trail that led to Kansas was called the

a)

Great Western Trail

b)

Chisholm Trail

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Abeline, Kansas

12.

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

a)

The Kansas Trail

b)

The Chisolm Trail

c)

The Great Western Trail

d)

The Oklahoma Trail

13.

A group of former slaves who worked on the cattle trails were called ____________________.

a)

Black Cowboys

b)

Joqueres

c)

Spanish Cowboys

d)

gold hunters

14.

Black Cowboys had less ____________on cattle trails.

a)

work

b)

responsibility

c)

discrimination

d)

help

15.

What played a big role in cattle prices at the turn of the century?

a)

high demand in the east

b)

low supply in Texas

c)

high supply in the east

d)

high demand in Texas

16.
Where did cattle drives begin? (Which state)
a)
Missouri
b)
Georgia
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Texas
17.

The reason for high cattle prices in the East was...

a)

low demand

b)

high supply

c)

high demand

18.

The reason cattle were cheap in Texas was because of ...

a)

high supply

b)

high demand

c)

low supply

19.
Which two items led to the end of cattle trails?
a)
The steamboat and airplane
b)
Railroad expansion and barbed wire
c)
Barbed wire and the airplane
d)
Railroad expansion and steamboats
20.

When the supply goes higher,the demand will be______

a)

Lower

b)

Same

c)

Higher

d)

No more

21.

When the supply goes lower,the demand will be____

a)

Higher

b)

Lower

c)

No more

22.

The farmer is a _____ because they grow crops and sell

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Animal

23.

A consumer is who ______

a)

Buy

b)

Sell

c)

Cry

d)

Draw