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?
Cattle Trail Quiz

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Social Studies
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5th Grade
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Hard

Shani Jones
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Texas was part of Mexico
Texas wasn't close to water
Kansas had steamboats
Kansas had railroads
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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