CULTURE AND VOCABULARY
How do you say 'dompter' a horse in English?
to break a horse (=to tame)
What type of horses did cowboys ride?
mustangs
25% of the cowboys were black. Give 2 other origins of cowboys.
Mexicans and native americans=Indians
Give a synonym of 'a rodeo cowboy'
a calf roper
What are the dates of the Secession war?
1861-1865
How do you call the typical weapon Indians used?
The tomahawk or the bow
Give 3 values/qualities cowboys have.
determination / Courage / they are rough/ passionate
Explain why the cowboy life was not glamorous
they worked 18 hours a day in difficult conditions (bad weather, had to sleep outside...)
Why did Cleo Harn (in the video) decide to become a rodeo cowboy?
Because he knew he would be judged by the clock and not by a human full of stereotypes and racism
What is the heyday of the cowboys?
1860-1880
What was signed at the end of the Secession war?
The Emancipation Proclamation Act that freed slaves
Give 3 elements of the cowboy outfit.
wide brim hat / chaps / high boots
In western movies, who were the baddies? (2 elements)
Indians / outlaws
How did Nat Love escape from the Indian tribe that had captured him?
He rode his horse 12 hours without a saddle
When was the KKK created?
1865
What is 'The Manifest Destiny'?
It is the idea that the US is destined by God to spread democracy accross the American continent
What 2 beautiful cowboy landscapes did we see in the trailer of 'The searchers'?
the sand-chocked desert of Arizona and the snow-swept plains of Canada
Why was the cowboy NOT a solitary man?
He had to work collectively to brand the cows or take care of the cattle
What did James Beckwourth discover?
a pass to go through the Sierra Nevada
What year was the phrase 'Manifest Destiny' coined?
1845
What is 'the frontier'?
The line between the wilderness where Indians lived and the civilized world where Europeans had settled
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 all white
Give 2 competences Bass Reeves had.
he spoke Indian / could track people/ knew how to survive / he had a strong sense of justice
In the 1790's, why were 18% of the people living in Cherokee tribes Black?
because George Washington incited Indians to have black slaves to civilize Indians