A) girls were too busy raising crops
B) the cattle were not used to being controlled by girls
C) the work was considered too harsh for girls
D) cowgirls did not practice finding horses

A) short cattle drives to nearby railroads
B) poor and undeveloped ranches
C) the American cowboy
D) the American cowgirl

A) a saddle
B) a hat
C) a corral
D) spurs

A) busting horses
B) roping cattle
C) branding cattle
D) riding horses

A) lasso the calves
B) brand the herd
C) brand the calves
D) count the herd

A) followed their mothers
B) were too wild
C) would cause a stampede
D) were kept in a pen

A) clothing that cowhands wear
B) jobs on a trail drive
C) kinds of brands
D) events at a rodeo

A) dragged the wagon full of food
B) worked in the dust at the back of the herd
C) had to keep the herd moving
D) had to ride longer than other cowhands

A) to keep the cattle from losing weight
B) to take the herd to a railroad station to be sold
C) to move the herd to a different place for grazing
D) to keep the cattle from different ranches apart

A) there aren't enough cowhands to do the work
B) railroads are close to the ranches
C) houses have been built on the trails
D) the ranchers don't have to move their cattle

A) branding calves
B) riding horseback
C) roping steers
D) rounding up stray cattle

A) to describe a cowhand's life in the late 1800s
B) to convince people to become cowboys and cowgirls
C) to explain that few girls were cowhands in the Wild West
D) to tell how exciting it is to be a cowhand