Map Assignment

1.  Use your text or reference map to locate and label the following:

New Orleans

Promontory Point

San Francisco

Chicago

Abilene

San Antonio

Los Angelas

Portland

Cheyenne

Kansas City

2.  Create a symbol and use it to label the following mining centers: 

Comstock Lode

Boulder

Colorado Springs

Denver

Deadwood

Helena

Silver City

3.  Use one color or pattern to show the following routes of the railroads:

Central Pacific

Union Pacific

Southern Pacific

Kansas Pacific

4.  Use a second color or patter to show the following routes of the cattle trails:

Goodnight-Loving Trail

Western Trail

Chisholm Trail

Shawnee Trail

5.  Create a key in the box

6.  Critical Thinking

Explain how the growth of the cattle industry was dependent on the development of the railroad industry.  Check a current map and see which of the mining centers are cities today.  Explain your findings.