CULTURE
What is the title of Bob Marley song about the Black people who joined the American army?
Buffalo soldiers
Give 3 values/qualities cowboys have.
determination / Courage / they are rough/ passionate
Explain why the cowboy life was not glamorous
worked 18 hours a day (in difficult conditions)
How did Nat Cole escape from the Indian tribe that had captured him?
He rode his horse 12 hours without a saddle
What are the dates of the Secession war?
1861-1865
Where does the word 'cowboy' comes from?
From the Mexican word 'vaquero'
What type of horses did cowboys ride?
mustangs
Why was the cowboy NOT a solitary man?
He had to work collectively to brand the cows
Give 2 competences Bass Reeves had.
he spoke Indian / knew their customs / could track people/ knew how to survive
What is the heyday of the cowboys?
1860-1880
What is 'the frontier'?
The line between the wilderness where Indians lived and the civilized world where Europeans had settled
Give 3 elements of the cowboy outfit.
wide brim hat / chaps / high boots
In western movies, who were the baddies? (2 elements)
Indians / outlaws
What did James Beckwourth discover?
a pass to go to the Sierra Nevada
When was the KKK created?
1865
What is 'The Manifest Destiny'?
It is the idea that the US is destined to spread democracy accroos the American continent
Why did the influence of cowboys end?
because of the invention of the railroad and of the barbed wire
What physical elements shown on westerns do not correspond to reality? (2 elements)
Cowboys were not tall / they were not good-looking / not blond
What is Cleo Harn's job?
He is a calf roper
What year was the phrase 'Manifest Destiny' coined?
1845