Why did breeders value mustangs?

They could develop new American breeds.

What was Wild Horse Annie's strategy to save the Mustangs?

Speaking to ranchers and government officials

Why do people worry about mustangs today?

Companies use their land to drill for oil.

How did school children help save mustangs?

School children wrote letters to congress.

Used to be tame, but is wild now

Someone who raises a certain kind of animal

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Why did breeders value mustangs?
The mustangs were nimble.
They were feral animals.
Mustangs could carry their possessions.
They could develop new American breeds.
2
In 1971, congress ___ The Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
banned
established
captured
recovered
3
What was Wild Horse Annie's strategy to save the Mustangs?
Speaking to ranchers and government officials
Capturing them for soldiers
Rounding them up using trucks
Rounding them up using planes
4
Why did Native Americans capture the mustangs
All of these answers
To travel more easily
To help with hunting
To help carry their possessions
5
Why do people worry about mustangs today?
Too many mustangs are used in wars.
Too many people want to breed them.
Companies use their land to drill for oil.
Wild Horse Annie died and no one else wants to protect them.
6
Why did people kill the mustangs?
Mustangs were dangerous animals
They wanted the land to drill for oil
To make room for their ranches
They didn't like feral animals
7
Why did cowboys like the mustangs?
They were friendly
They understood Spanish commands
They were little so cowboys could get on them easily
They were quick and nimble
8
Where do mustangs live?
Minnesota
Mississippi
In harsh country
Swamps
9
Who saved the mustangs?
Wild Horse Annie
Soldiers in WWI
The Spanish explorers
Native Americans
10
The word "mustang" comes from
The Spanish word for "mosquito"
The Spanish word "mestengo"
The name of a fast car
The French word for "feral"
11
What did the Spanish explorers bring to the west?
Pick-up trucks
Horses
Possessions
cattle
12
When did horses arrive in the west?
In the 1500s
In the late 1800s
In 1950
1971
13
How did school children help save mustangs?
School children talked to business men about mustangs.
School children fed the mustangs.
School children wrote letters to congress.
School children captured mustangs.
14
A feral animal...
Used to be tame, but is wild now
Is another name for appaloosa
Is an animal used by Native Americans
Is an animal that has been captured
15
A breeder is
A Horse used in WWI
A horse that was captured by Native Americans
Someone who raises a certain kind of animal
Someone who trains horses

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