Cattle Industry/Railroad Boom/Oil Boom

__________ cattle became especially popular in Texas because they could go for miles without water and were fierce fighters against predators.

• Hereford

• Longhorn

• Charolais

• Brangus

_________ was the the first woman to send cattle up the Chisolm Trail. She is known as the "Cattle Queen of Texas."

• Lizzie Johnson

• Richard King

• Charles Goodnight

• Joseph Glidden

_________ started the largest ranch in Texas (which is still in operation today) in 1853.

• Lizzie Johnson

• Richard King

• Charles Goodnight

• Joseph Glidden

_________ created a very famous cattle trail from Texas to Wyoming and established the Texas State Bison Herd.

• Lizzie Johnson

• Richard King

• Charles Goodnight

• Joseph Glidden

A person used to could be a cattle rancher even if they weren't a land owner because anyone was allowed to run cattle on state-owned land in Texas.

• True

• False

Cattle drives got started because people up North were willing to pay less for beef than people in Texas.

• True

• False

The majority of cowboys were __________.

• African American

• Native American

• Hispanic

• all of these answers

Which of these would protect the cowboy's legs from thorny brush?

• spurs

• saddle

• chuckwagon

• chaps

Which of these could protect the cowboy's nose and mouth from dust, could wrap up a wound, could be used as a sling for a broken arm, and had many other uses?

• hat

• saddle

• bandana

• rope

Cowboys most often needed their guns for fighting other cowboys.

• True

• False