Cowboys and Cattle Trails

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What was the role of the Great Western Cattle Trails?

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The main road for cowboys to travel North

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What was one reason for cattle trails to begin?

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People in the east needed meat because soldiers ate it during the war.

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Who was the Chisholm trail named after?

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Jesse Chisholm

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Which route took cattle to the most Northern territory?

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The Great Western Cattle Trail

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Did black and white cowboys work alongside each other on the trails?

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True

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What was the first cattle trail that started in San Antonio, Texas and ended in Abilene Kansas?

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Chisholm Trail

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After the Civil War, Texans sent their cattle to the east because ____________________________

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they could get a better price for them.

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Who had the idea to start cattle trails from north Texas to Kansas?

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Joseph McCoy

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Cattle were headed along trails and then put on _______________.

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trains.

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What was the name of the cattle trail that went from south Texas to Abilene, Kansas?

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Chisholm Trail