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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
prices were too low for ranchers to sell their cattle profitably.
B
many of the new European immigrants were vegetarians.
C
agricultural techniques had improved.
D
although demand for beef increased, Union blockades made it difficult to move cattle to markets outside the state.
2) The first cowboys in Texas were ...
A
vaqueros who brought knowledge of ranching from Mexico.
B
Karankawa who lived in the coastal plain.
C
called point men who guided the herd.
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
newspaper articles on the ranching business.
C
millions of tourists who rode the trains west after the war.
D
government agents who wanted people to move west.
4) The cattle kingdom began to disappear after ...
A
Texas fever wiped out all the herds.
B
cowboys began to strike for higher wages.
C
fences started to enclose the open range.
D
more cattle ranches were established in the East.
5) In parts of Texas that were too rugged and dry for cattle, some ranchers turned to ...
A
hog farming.
B
the government for help.
C
sheep herding.
D
planting cotton.
6) Which of the following is a type of beetle that infests the cotton plant?
A
cotton beetle
B
boll weevil
C
bumble beetle
D
stinkbug
7) Which of the following means using techniques, such as terracing, to keep moisture in the soil?
A
dry farming
B
irrigation
C
plowing
D
commercial farming
8) Which of the following means the large-scale growing of crops to sell for a profit?
A
international marketing
B
bulk harvesting
C
commercial farming
D
supply and demand
9) Which of the following are meeting places of two or more rail lines?
A
roundabout
B
junctions
C
threshers
D
transfer line
10) Which of the following are machines that separate seed or grains from plants?
A
threshers
B
junctions
C
windmill
D
irrigation
11) Which of the following is the economic principle that explains why prices rise and fall?
A
supply and demand
B
open range
C
economic losses
D
labor union
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
cooperation
B
strike
C
protest
D
lobbying
14) Which of the following was a successful farmer who used windmills for irrigation and later donated oil money to hospitals and colleges?
A
Dora Nunn Roberts
B
Charles Goodnight
C
Matthew Dillon
D
Eli Whitney
15) Which of the following was a violent labor unrest that turned many Texans against unions?
A
South Texas Picket Line
B
Great Protest of 1882
C
Great Southwest Strike of 1886
D
East-West Revolt
16) Railroad companies actively promoted farming in West Texas.
A
true
B
false
17) Most people were unwilling to locate their farms near railroads.
A
true
B
false
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
true
B
false
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