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WorksheetsAmericans Go West
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 16mins
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 _____________.
natural resources
opportunity cost
price incentive
hard work
a pathway that cattle create to move from place to place
cattle
cattle trail
cowboy
scarcity
Why was there a shortage of cattle in the east?
They died.
There weren't many to begin with.
The Civil War soldiers ate most of it during the war.
None of these.
How long did the cowboys and cattle trails last?
10 years
20 years
100 years
50 years
The first cattle trail that led to Kansas was called the
Great Western Trail
Chisholm Trail
Panama Canal
Abeline, Kansas
What was the name of the trail that cattle to the northeast?
The Kansas Trail
The Chisolm Trail
The Great Western Trail
The Oklahoma Trail
A group of former slaves who worked on the cattle trails were called ____________________.
Black Cowboys
Joqueres
Spanish Cowboys
gold hunters
Black Cowboys had less ____________on cattle trails.
work
responsibility
discrimination
help
What played a big role in cattle prices at the turn of the century?
high demand in the east
low supply in Texas
high supply in the east
high demand in Texas
The reason for high cattle prices in the East was...
low demand
high supply
high demand
The reason cattle were cheap in Texas was because of ...
high supply
high demand
low supply
When the supply goes higher,the demand will be______
Lower
Same
Higher
No more
When the supply goes lower,the demand will be____
Higher
Lower
No more
The farmer is a _____ because they grow crops and sell
Consumer
Producer
Animal
A consumer is who ______
Buy
Sell
Cry
Draw
