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Texas History - Unit 8 - Review Game 2
Test Description: Cotton, Cattle, Railroads
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The number of cattle in Texas grew substantially during the Civil War because ...
A
agricultural techniques had improved.
B
many of the new European immigrants were vegetarians.
C
although demand for beef increased, Union blockades made it difficult to move cattle to markets outside the state.
D
prices were too low for ranchers to sell their cattle profitably.
2) The first cowboys in Texas were ...
A
Karankawa who lived in the coastal plain.
B
called point men who guided the herd.
C
vaqueros who brought knowledge of ranching from Mexico.
D
infected by ticks from cattle that carried Texas fever.
3) Cowboy culture was popularized in America by ...
A
inexpensive novels that glorified cowboy life.
B
millions of tourists who rode the trains west after the war.
C
government agents who wanted people to move west.
D
newspaper articles on the ranching business.
4) The cattle kingdom began to disappear after ...
A
more cattle ranches were established in the East.
B
Texas fever wiped out all the herds.
C
cowboys began to strike for higher wages.
D
fences started to enclose the open range.
5) In parts of Texas that were too rugged and dry for cattle, some ranchers turned to ...
A
planting cotton.
B
the government for help.
C
hog farming.
D
sheep herding.
6) Which of the following is a type of beetle that infests the cotton plant?
A
cotton beetle
B
boll weevil
C
stinkbug
D
bumble beetle
7) Which of the following means using techniques, such as terracing, to keep moisture in the soil?
A
dry farming
B
irrigation
C
commercial farming
D
plowing
8) Which of the following means the large-scale growing of crops to sell for a profit?
A
bulk harvesting
B
supply and demand
C
commercial farming
D
international marketing
9) Which of the following are meeting places of two or more rail lines?
A
junctions
B
roundabout
C
transfer line
D
threshers
10) Which of the following are machines that separate seed or grains from plants?
A
irrigation
B
windmill
C
junctions
D
threshers
11) Which of the following is the economic principle that explains why prices rise and fall?
A
open range
B
supply and demand
C
labor union
D
economic losses
12) Which of the following are organizations formed to support the interests of workers?
A
Great Southwest Strike of 1886
B
commercial farming
C
international markets
D
labor unions
13) Which of the following is a refusal by workers to do their jobs until a company meets their demands?
A
lobbying
B
cooperation
C
protest
D
strike
14) Which of the following was a successful farmer who used windmills for irrigation and later donated oil money to hospitals and colleges?
A
Eli Whitney
B
Charles Goodnight
C
Dora Nunn Roberts
D
Matthew Dillon
15) Which of the following was a violent labor unrest that turned many Texans against unions?
A
East-West Revolt
B
South Texas Picket Line
C
Great Southwest Strike of 1886
D
Great Protest of 1882
16) Railroad companies actively promoted farming in West Texas.
A
false
B
true
17) Most people were unwilling to locate their farms near railroads.
A
false
B
true
18) Shipping goods by railroad could reduce freight costs by more than 50 percent.
A
true
B
false
19) The state of Texas raised taxes to pay for railroads.
A
false
B
true
20) More than 30 million acres of public lands were given to railroads to encourage them to lay track across Texas.
A
false
B
true
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