SS5H1.a Cattle Trails

Where did cattle drives begin? (Which state)

• Missouri
• Georgia
• Oklahoma
• Texas

Why was it necessary to move cattle from Texas?

• People in Texas didn't eat beef

• There was an over-supply of cattle in Texas and the demand for beef was greater in the Northeast

What is the name of the famous trail that ends Abilene, Kansas?

• Oregon Trail

• Chisholm Trail

The Black Cowboys of Texas were

• Freed slaves who moved to Texas to pursue jobs as cowboys

• Carpetbaggers from the North

Cattle drives ended in part due to the invention of

• Trailers

• Barbed Wire

These helped transport goods and cattle quickly from West Texas to all over the United States

• Rail Roads

• Roads

• Rivers

What was one reason for cattle trails to begin?

• people in the east needed meat because soldiers ate it during the war
• cattle did not graze in the east
• no one would tend to cattle in the east

The cattle trail that reached Abilene, Kansas was named...

• Chisholm
• Sedalia
• Sioux
• Western

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