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Cotton Cattle Railroads

Cotton Cattle Railroads

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Social Studies

7th Grade

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34 Slides • 9 Questions

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Cotton Cattle Railroads

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Multiple Choice

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

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Subsistence farming

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Commercial farming

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Arable farming

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Open Ended

Identify one significant difference between Tenant Farmers and Sharecroppers

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Multiple Choice

Corn was a major source of food for people as well as the main feed crop for Texas livestock

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

Looking at this picture, who do you think had the worst job?

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Boss

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Point

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Swing

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Flank

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Drag

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Open Ended

In your opinion, who had the most important job on a cattle drive and why?

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Multiple Choice

Cattle ranchers enjoyed sharing land with other livestock animals on the plains.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

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I am a former Texas Governor, Set up the Texas Railroad Commission Who am I?
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Quanah Parker
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Bose Ikard
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James Hogg
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Charles Goodnight

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Multiple Choice

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What role did railroads play in Texas’ economy?
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Railroads brought very few people to Texas.
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The trains were made to transport people only.
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The railroads made it harder to transport goods to the East.
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A way to transport good to market

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Multiple Choice

The growth of the railroads had all of the following EXCEPT --

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Windmills became important to power railroad engines

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Cattle drives and open ranges ended

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New cities grew up along the rail lines

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Texas moved from subsistence farming to commercial farming

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