Cowboys/Cattle/Cotton

Test Description: Unit 8 Test Review

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) What does the Spanish word vaquero mean?

2) What was a characteristic of society in Texas between the years 1860-1900?

3) What happened to the American Indian tribes after the Civil War?

4) What nickname was given to the African American soldiers that later helped keep peace with the Indians after the Civil War?

5) In addition to the availability of land, which factor facilitated the settlement of the Texas frontier?

6) Who was the last Chief of the Comanches and the son of an American woman?

7) How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?

8) What influenced the development of ranching in West Texas?

9) What did windmills allow farmers and ranchers in West Texas do?

10) Before the invention of barbed wire, how were cattle protected?

11) What was one of the consequences for using barbed wire?

12) Which immigrant group settled the largest part of Texas?

13) Cattle, cotton, lumber, and later oil all impacted Texas because of the -

14) In which region of Texas was most of the cotton industry located?

15) One way the Governor James Hogg worked to protect Texans from unfair business practice was by -

16) The range wars of the late 1800s in Texas were caused by -

17) How did the climate of West Texas affect its economy?

18) What was one impact of the railroad?

19) Between 1929 and 1949, what happened to the amount of cotton planted?

20) After the Civil War, what happened to the cattle trails?


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