Cattle Trail Quiz

The Great Western Cattle Trail, like the Chisholm Trail, started in Texas. The cattle were driven north to Kansas before they could be taken to the East to sell. Why did the cattle have to go north to Kansas?

• Texas was part of Mexico

• Texas wasn't close to water

• Kansas had steamboats

• Kansas had railroads

Cattle trails developed in the West when people realized cattle could be raised in the Great Plains. Most trails started in Texas and went north to railway lines. The Chisholm Trail was a famous cattle trail which started in Texas, and ended in which city?

• Kansas City

• Denver

• Sedalia

• Abilene

When settlers began moving out West, what happened to many Native Americans?

• They migrated into Canada and Mexico

• They were forced onto reservations

• They were forced to move back East

• They remained where they were living

By offering land in the Great Plains at a low price, if affected the people's decision. This was an example of a _______.

• cattle trail

• price incentive

• homestead

• transcontinental

The Black Cowboys role in cattle trails was each of the following EXCEPT:

• Riding next to the herd to keep the cattle together

• Race after cattle to round them up after a stampede

• Spend 10 to 14 hours a day on horseback

• Sell the cattle