Answer: They didn't really have the resources and the equipment and they needed more time to decide if they were up to having their nation in danger.
Explanation:
The correct answer is A, as both the Chisholm Trail and the Goodnight-Loving Trail are two prominent examples of cattle trails heading out of Texas.
The Chisholm Trail was, in the second half of the nineteenth century in the United States of America, one of the many trails traced by hunters and cattle traders that allowed to reach the central states of the Union starting from Texas (where the railways had not yet reached), that is to transport the animals destined for consumption on the east coast of the United States, to the main railway junctions, already existing further north, in the central states. One of the hunters in question took the name of the trail: Jesse Chisholm, a half-breed Cherokee who traded habitually with the natives and had created with them some points of exchange and commerce along the way.
The Goodnight Loving Trail was a herd path in the United States for the cattle drive from Texas and New Mexico to the loading yards in the north.
The trail was particularly used in the late 1860s, to lead large herds of Texas Longhorn cattle from pasture in the south of Texas to Colorado. It was named after the cattle breeders Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving, who drove their first common flock along this route in 1866.
Two of the most important factors in encouraging western settlement in the US were 1) extremely cheap or sometimes even free land in the west, and 2) events like the Gold Rush, which made settlers think they could get rich quickly.
