Chisholm Trail, Black Cowboys, Inventors | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 3 Public

5th SS Turn of the Century

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What helped to encourage the development and use of the Chisholm Trail?

Demand for beef was greater in the North and Northeast, which increased the price and profits for Texas ranchers.

Which three individuals contributed to the progress of agriculture techniques, electricity, and flight?

Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison

Why would an African American in the late 1800s choose the hard life of a cowboy in the west over the small farm life of the fertile South?

Rights and opportunities were restricted in the South even after the Civil War.