Texas History - Unit 8- Review Game 3 Question Preview (ID: 58702)


Cotton, Cattle, Railroads. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Cities that were bypassed by railroads suffered population and economic losses.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Texas farmers were often not willing to use new technologies such as steam-powered tractors.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The farming of cotton boomed in both East and West Texas in the late 1800s.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Rising land costs and falling crop prices began to hit farmers hard between 1880 and 1900.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

By 1900, the number of tenant farmers, or sharecroppers, had risen sharply.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The most important industries in Texas were those ...
a) that manufactured consumer goods, like shoes and clothing.
b) that required skilled labor.
c) that helped turn farm goods into products.
d) that contributed to the myth of the cowboy.

The biggest difficulty in expanding the railroads in Texas was ...
a) negotiating routes over fenced ranch land.
b) financing their construction.
c) moving the last of the Indians onto reservations.
d) finding workers to lay track over such long distances.

One difference between the Knights of Labor and other labor unions was ...
a) that it welcomed African Americans and women.
b) its focus on the lumber industry.
c) that its dues were much lower.
d) that employers were more comfortable with it.

Farming followed the railroads to the frontier because ...
a) railroads offered an inexpensive way to ship goods to faraway markets.
b) land at the frontier was less expensive.
c) railroad companies heavily promoted opportunities there.
d) all of the above.

By the end of the 1890s, prices for Texas cotton ...
a) had risen to all-time highs.
b) were determined by supply and demand in the rest of the world.
c) were set by each farmer, who decided how much he or she would ask for cotton.
d) were regulated in Austin by the state Cotton Board.

Which of the following means a dark thick liquid commonly called oil?
a) fossil fuel
b) economic boom
c) wildcatter
d) petroleum

Which of the following terms means owning the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process?
a) philanthropy
b) vertical integration
c) horizontal integration
d) charitable gift

Which of the following was the person who first drilled for oil at Spindletop?
a) Lyne T. Barret
b) W. T. Waggoner
c) Anthony F. Lucas
d) Patillo Higgins

Which of the following was an oil well that struck oil in 1923 and helped establish the Permanent University Fund?
a) Santa Rita No. 1
b) Barret Well No. 1
c) Chisholm No. 1
d) Great Southwest No. 1

Which of the following were explorers who worked on their own when searching for new oil fields?
a) engineers
b) manufacturers
c) wildcatters
d) mavericks

Which of the following is material such as oil, coal or gas, formed underground from plant or animal remains?
a) derrick
b) groundwater
c) fossil fuel
d) pipeline

Which of the following terms means giving large sums of money or gifts to good causes that are often charitable?
a) philanthropy
b) supply and demand
c) marketing
d) investment

Which of the following was engineer in charge of drilling when Spindletop first gushed oil?
a) W.T. Waggoner
b) Lyne T. Barret
c) Patillo Higgins
d) Anthony F. Lucas

Which of the following means owning many businesses in a particular field?
a) vertical integration
b) commercial farming
c) business plan
d) horizontal integration

Which of the following was a Civil War veteran who drilled for oil near Nacogdoches in 1866?
a) Lyne T. Barret
b) Patillo Higgins
c) Anthony F. Lucas
d) W. T. Waggoner

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