Chapter 11

Question 1

During the Civil war, the numbers of the cattle greatly increased because of the better markets

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The first major cattle drive was up the Chisholm Trail

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Texas cattleman drove their herds to railheads in Kansas or Missouri

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The cattle were often Ed taxed by local residents , which added to the economy of towns along the trails

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The east Shawnee trail crossed lans owned by Comanches and Pawnee

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Local landowners lose to markets rented pasture to the cattlemen for fattening cattle before selling them

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Indian territory was “dry” so no liquor was sold to the drovers

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Cattleman moved their trails westward because their drivers were unhappy because they couldn’t buy liquor

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Market towns along the way thrived economically from the cattle drives

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Jesse Chisholm was a mixed blood Cherokee trader and frontier scout

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The Chisholm trail ran nearly adjacent to the 98th Parallel across what is now the state of Oklahoma

Answer 11

True

Question 12

The sheriffs In Missouri were good protection against the Missouri cattleman who were anxious to shoot Texas cattle

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The Chisholm trail solved the geographical problems encountered on the East Shawnee Trsil

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Jesse Chisholm built a stockyard in Abilene Kansas to avoid the problems with the Missouri cattlemen

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Stockyards at aniline Kansas were subsidized by the Kansas pacific railroad

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Most of the cattle on the cattle drives were Texas Longhorns

Answer 16

False

Question 17

In 1869, both the Chisholm and east Shawnee trails were thriving business and remained so for many years

Answer 17

False

Question 18

All of the cattle carried a disease called Texas Fever

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Local cattleman along the way became angry bc they felt that the Texas cattle spread diseases to their herds

Answer 19

True

Question 20

John Lytle made the last drive up East Shawnee trail

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The Dodge City Trail was popular bc the Texas cattleman had fewer problems with the Plains Tribes than they had with the eastern tribes

Answer 21

True

Question 22

The cattle trails declined as states passed quarantine laws

Answer 22

True

Question 23

An early railroad in the territory was at Purcell

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The early railhead in the territory q7ckly became busier than Dodge City and Abilene combined

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Liquor could not be sold legally in Purcell

Answer 25

False