Texas History - Unit 8 - Review Game 2 Question Preview (ID: 58701)
Cotton, Cattle, Railroads.
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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.
The first cowboys in Texas were ...
a) vaqueros who brought knowledge of ranching from Mexico.
b) infected by ticks from cattle that carried Texas fever.
c) Karankawa who lived in the coastal plain.
d) called point men who guided the herd.
Cowboy culture was popularized in America by ...
a) government agents who wanted people to move west.
b) millions of tourists who rode the trains west after the war.
c) newspaper articles on the ranching business.
d) inexpensive novels that glorified cowboy life.
The cattle kingdom began to disappear after ...
a) fences started to enclose the open range.
b) Texas fever wiped out all the herds.
c) cowboys began to strike for higher wages.
d) more cattle ranches were established in the East.
In parts of Texas that were too rugged and dry for cattle, some ranchers turned to ...
a) planting cotton.
b) sheep herding.
c) hog farming.
d) the government for help.
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
Which of the following means using techniques, such as terracing, to keep moisture in the soil?
a) dry farming
b) commercial farming
c) plowing
d) irrigation
Which of the following means the large-scale growing of crops to sell for a profit?
a) supply and demand
b) international marketing
c) commercial farming
d) bulk harvesting
Which of the following are meeting places of two or more rail lines?
a) threshers
b) junctions
c) roundabout
d) transfer line
Which of the following are machines that separate seed or grains from plants?
a) threshers
b) junctions
c) windmill
d) irrigation
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
Which of the following are organizations formed to support the interests of workers?
a) commercial farming
b) Great Southwest Strike of 1886
c) labor unions
d) international markets
Which of the following is a refusal by workers to do their jobs until a company meets their demands?
a) protest
b) strike
c) cooperation
d) lobbying
Which of the following was a successful farmer who used windmills for irrigation and later donated oil money to hospitals and colleges?
a) Charles Goodnight
b) Matthew Dillon
c) Dora Nunn Roberts
d) Eli Whitney
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
Railroad companies actively promoted farming in West Texas.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Most people were unwilling to locate their farms near railroads.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Shipping goods by railroad could reduce freight costs by more than 50 percent.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
The state of Texas raised taxes to pay for railroads.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
More than 30 million acres of public lands were given to railroads to encourage them to lay track across Texas.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
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