Cotton, Cattle And The Railroads Question Preview (ID: 61367)
Unit 8 7th Grade.
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After the Civil War many African Americans made a living doing what?
a) Ranching
b) Sharecropping
c) railroad builders
d)
son of American woman and Comanche chief, last Comanche chief
a) Quanah Parker
b) Iron Jacket
c) John Smith
d)
African Americans who helped keep peace with Natives.
a) Buffalo Soldiers
b) Bucktails
c) Screaming Eagles
d)
The landowners made all the decisions, sold the crops and shared profits with laborers
a) tenant farming
b) sharecropping
c) crop rotation
d)
Why did ranchers brand cattle?
a) to trick the buyers
b) to name the cattle
c) identify their cattle
d)
What did barbed wire do to open range?
a) closed it
b) opened it
c) ignored it
d)
This is when water is pumped underground to extract oil.
a) fracking
b) gusher
c) derrick
d)
Which of the following was a negative effect of the oil boom
a) poisoned ground water
b) closed the open range
c) many jobs available
d)
The framework over an oil well that holds the drilling machinery.
a) refinery
b) gusher
c) derrick
d)
Which is NOT a cattle trail in Texas?
a) Oregon
b) Chisholm
c) Western
d)
Purpose of cattle drives in Texas.
a) demand for beef in the east
b) demand for cattle in Canada
c) take cattle to Mexico
d)
A factory where oil is cleaned and turned into other products such as gasoline.
a) gusher
b) refinery
c) derrick
d)
Where was the first oil gusher in 1901 that flowed for 9 days without stopping?
a) El Paso
b) corsica
c) Spindletop
d)
Largest ranch in Texas.
a) Queen
b) King
c) Kennedy
d)
Most important animal in Native American life.
a) Cattle
b) Eagle
c) Buffalo
d)
A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden economic prosperity.
a) boomtown
b) ghost town
c) village
d)
A person who searches for oil.
a) engineer
b) Wildcatter
c) oilman
d)
These organizations were formed to advocate for workers and worker's rights
a) wildcatters
b) strikers
c) labor unions
d)
These industrial locations processed everything from flour to timber.
a) Mills
b) refinery
c) ranch
d)
When workers refuse to work, unless employers/industries make changes
a) strike
b) quit
c) leave
d)
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