Texas History - Unit 8 - Review Game 1 Question Preview (ID: 58700)


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It became possible to ship large numbers of western cattle to eastern markets after the _____ came to Dodge City and Abilene.
a) open range
b) stagecoach
c) railroad
d) oil boom

Ranches on the open range from Texas to Canada made up the _____ _____.
a) Ogallala Aquifer
b) Palo Duro Canyon
c) Cattle Kingdom
d) King Ranch

Farming in the Panhandle expanded after the appearance of _____ that brought up water from the Ogallala Aquifer.
a) ranches
b) railroads
c) stagecoaches
d) windmills

A _____ took care of horse herds that accompanied trail drives.
a) windmill
b) rustler
c) wrangler
d) farmer

Charles Goodnight established the _____ ranch in Palo Duro Canyon.
a) JA
b) JP
c) JR
d) JT

The _____ was a cross between Spanish and English cattle.
a) wrangler
b) King
c) remuda
d) longhorn

Marks called _____ made it possible to determine who owned Texas cattle.
a) longhorn
b) wrangler
c) windmill
d) brands

Unfenced lands, called the _____ _____, made it possible to drive cattle over much of Texas.
a) open range
b) cattle ranches
c) Union blockades
d) Chisholm Trail

Armed conflict over fencing and sheep, known as the _____ _____, erupted in the 1880s.
a) open range
b) range wars
c) cattle kingdom
d) King Ranch

Which of the following was an Illinois farmer who invented barbed wire?
a) Bose Ikard
b) John King
c) Joseph F. Glidden
d) Dora Nunn Roberts

Which of the following terms means thieves?
a) remuda
b) mavericks
c) roundup
d) rustlers

Which of the following means a herd of horses that accompanied a cattle drive?
a) mavericks
b) roundup
c) remuda
d) wrangler

Which of the following was a trail leading from Kerrville to Dodge City?
a) Western Trail
b) Chisholm Trail
c) Sedalia Trail
d) King Trail

Which of the following was an African American trail driver and rancher?
a) Joseph F. Glidden
b) Bose Ikard
c) Charles Goodnight
d) Dora Nunn Roberts

Which term means herding groups of cattle to market?
a) mavericks
b) cattle drives
c) rustlers
d) open ranges

Which of the following was a trail from South Texas to Abilene, Kansas?
a) Western Trail
b) Chisholm Trail
c) Trail of Tears
d) South Texas Trail

Which of the following was one of the most important cattle operations in Texas?
a) King Ranch
b) Western Ranch
c) Sedalia Ranch
d) XIT Ranch

The owners of the _____ _____ donated land for the towns of Kingsville and Raymondville.
a) Cattle Kingdom
b) King Ranch
c) XIT Ranch
d) Sedalia Trail

Which of the following was a South Texas ranch funded by investors from Chicago and Britain?
a) XIT Ranch
b) King Ranch
c) Western Ranch
d) Glidden Ranch

Which of the following was an early trail that led to central Missouri?
a) King Ranch Trail
b) Chisholm Trail
c) Sedalia Trail
d) Western Trail

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