Unit 8 Study Guide

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How did the growth of railroads affect Texas farmers?

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Profits rose as railroads gave farmers an inexpensive way to ship their crops to new markets.

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How is tenant farming similar to sharecropping?

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Both rent the land and provide labor.

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Human factor that influenced the settlement of Texas

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Windmills supplied water for railways, small towns, and small farms in areas that were not near rivers or streams.

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What happened after the Civil War regarding cattle trails in Texas?

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Several trails were added to support the growing cattle industry in Texas.

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What happened in the years following the Civil War?

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Many people moved to Texas

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● I was the son of an American woman captured by the Comanche. ● I was the last Chief of the Comanche. ● My tribe roamed West Texas.

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Quanah Parker

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In which region of Texas was most of the cotton industry located by the late nineteenth century?

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Central Texas, in the Coastal Plains Region

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Consequence of the use of barbed wire on the frontier of Texas

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the end of the cattle drives

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What primarily influenced the development of ranching in West Texas?

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water resources

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Describe examples of racial discrimination faced by the Buffalo Soldiers.

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Many white officers refused to command black regiments and suffered deadly violence at the hands of civilians.