Unit 8; Cowboys, Cattle, Cotton Question Preview (ID: 54943)

a) the introduction of rodeos

b) the end of the cattle drives

c) a decline in the number of cattle ranches

d) an increase in conflicts with American Indian tribes

a) Constant threats of large thunderstorms make it difficult to farm in this area.

b) This region is too dry to support farming so ranching became more prominent.

c) The arid humid conditions made the region perfect for establishing cotton farms.

d) Hurricanes damaged farms and railroads built int he area so few businesses located there.

a) Sharecroppers claiming public lands

b) Ranchers fencing land with barbed wire

c) Immigrants moving onto lands in West Texas.

d) Railroad companies building on American Indian lands

a) Prosecuting corrupt leaders in the oil industry

b) Working to bring an end to the range wars in West Texas

c) Supporting the creating of the Texas Railroad Comission

d) Signing legislation that established the Attorney General's office.

a) Much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war.

b) Farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing.

c) The demand for beef in the East brought rapid growth to the industry

d) The loss in the Confederacy brought many cowboys to the cattle industry.

a) A majority of the tribes adopted Christianity.

b) The last tribes moved westward to find buffalo.

c) A number of the tribes established large ranches.

d) Thr last bands of tribes were moved to reservations.

a) Bucktails

b) Buffalo Soldiers

c) Red River Rebels

d) Screaming Eagles

a) Increased investment in schools.

b) Demand for beef in eastern states.

c) Establishment of forts in West Texas

d) Legislation passes to forbid use of barbed wire.

a) Iron jacket

b) Quanah Parker

c) John Wallace

d) Peta Nocona

a) Panhandle

b) Central Texas

c) Rio Grande Valley

d) Mountains and Basins

a) Drilling for oil and developing an export economy.

b) Cattle drives and wars with American Indian Tribes

c) Women and African Americans fighting for civil rights.

d) Independence from Mexico and democratic government.

a) Railroads were built to transport products to markets.

b) Texas created an income tax to support economic growth

c) The agricultural sector of Texas' economy went into decline

d) New immigrants in Texas struggled to find good paying jobs.

a) Possible stampedes

b) Criminals and bullets

c) Surprise thunderstorms

d) Raids from American Indian Tribes

a) A need to keep pigs in pens.

b) The use of natural fences in the past.

c) Writings of earlier inventors of fences

d) Drawings created by farmers of the great plains.

a) Texans migrated from rural towns to urban areas.

b) The number of Texans began a trend of increasing.

c) West Texas became more populated than East Texas.

d) Immigrants to Texas outnumbered native born Texans.

a) The ports in Texas outlawed exporting cattle.

b) The demand for cattle went down after the war.

c) To support the growing cattle industry in Texas.

d) It was illegal to drive cattle on the Chisholm Trail

a) Chisolm

b) Goodnight-Loving

c) Western

d) Shawnee

a) politics

b) railroads

c) discovery of oil

d) water resources

a) cowboy

b) mayor

c) sheriff

d) soldier

a) provide electricity to the region

b) create early air conditioning for homes

c) generate wind power to run farm equipment

d) irrigate crops without having access to a river