TOTC Review

Cowboys led the cattle on the Chisholm Trail from San Antonio, Texas to which city?

• Houston

• Abilene

• Florida

• Atlanta

An immigrant is ____________.

• A person who is in the military

• A person who comes to live in a country from their home country.

• The way people use resources to meet their needs.

• Searching for answers on Google

What is a common reason people immigrate to the United States?

• Better medicines and healthcare

• People want to be able to buy beef.

• Better opportunities for jobs and wealth

• The land is flat and better for crops.

Cattle trails started in Texas where the cattle were driven north to Kansas. Why did the cowboys stop the cattle in Kansas?

• Texas was part of Mexico.

• Kansas was close to the ocean.

• Kansas has steamboats.

• Kansas had railroads.

Why did freed slaves go to Texas and work as cowboys in the years after the Civil War?

• They could own land in California.

• They were treated more equally to white cowboys.

• They were sold to Texas ranchers.

• They thought cowboy life was easy.

President Roosevelt oversaw the building of the Panama Canal. The MOST important reason to build the canal was _______________.

• To connect the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean.

• To connect North America to South America.

• To connect Alabama to Georgia.

• To connect the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.

Trail used to guide cattle north to new railroad lines across the Great Plains?

• Chisholm trail

• Great western trail

• fox trail

• Civil War Trail

Which trail linked Texas and Abilene, Kansas?

• Kansas Pacific
• Goodnight-Loving Trail
• Central Pacific-Union Pacific
• Chrisholm Trail

What was one of the result of the Spanish American War?

• The Spanish gained control over Cuba.

• The United States lost the war.

• The United States began to rise as a world power.

• Cuba became the 51st state.

What happened to the USS Maine?

• It delivered supplies to Spain.

• It sailed through the Panama Canal.

• It exploded.

• Spain stole it.