End of Module 5 Review

End of Module 5 Review

By DOMINIQUE ALLEYNE

1. identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the factors leading to the expansion of the Texas frontier and the effects of westward expansion.

2. ​Identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the effects of the growth of railroads.

3. ​Explain how the oil industry led to the industrialization of Texas.

analyze if progress is always for the best.

​KWBAT

AIM CFS

Multiple Choice

Do Now: How did westward expansion affect Native Americans in Texas?

• A. They were granted land south of the Rio Grande.

• B. They were all killed.

• C. They were employed as guides by white settlers.

• D. They were forced out of Texas and into Indian Territory.

​- Key Point

The defeat and relocatin of the Native Americans opened West Texas to white settlements where settlers could acquire land cheaply. 

Buffalo Soilders

​*You can watch "Buffalo Soilders" starring Danny Glover on Apple TV or Amazon Prime.

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• Rating: G​

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Two units fought in many Indian campaigns and consisted of African American troops led mostly by white officers.

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The Native Americans called them Buffalo Soldiers as a sign of respect.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Buffalo Soldiers?

• A. Confederate troops who were skilled at fighting Union troops.

• B. Union troops that came to Texas after the Civil War to protect African Americans. 

• C. African American troops who were skilled at fighting Native Americans.

• D. Anglo-American troops who were skilled at fighting Native Americans.

Comanche leader Quanah Parker

Quanah Parker was a Comanche leader who, as the last chief of the Kwahadi (Quahadi) band, mounted an unsuccessful war against white expansion in northwestern Texas.

He later became the main spokesman and peacetime leader of the Native Americans in the region.

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*assimilate: to absorb and incorporate (an ethnically distinct group) into the prevailing culture.

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Comanche leader Quanah Parker

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Multiple Choice

What was the result of Comanche leader Quanah Parker’s decision to surrender and assimilate with European culture?

• A. Other Native Americans chose to assimilate.

• B. The Cherokee kidnapped and raised his children.

• C. Comanches kidnapped him.

• D. A land peace between Texans and native tribes began.

Frontier Wars

After the Civil War, the United States fought a series of wars against the Native Americans living in Texas because in the eyes of Anglo Texans, they were a major barrier to westward expansion.

During: Frontier Wars

• ​Medicine Lodge Treaty stated Native Americans would move to reservations in Oklahoma and stop raiding white settlements in exchange for food and supplies. Many Natives did not agree to this treaty and fighting continued.  

• ​Following the Salt Creek Massacre, where 100 natives raided a wagon train at Salt Creek and killed 7 Anglos, more federal soldiers were sent to Texas to enforce the reservation policy.

• ​Troops targeted Indian villages, capturing food, blankets, and other useful supplies then burned down villages and killed many horses.  The army also destroyed the buffalo, the major food source and trade item for the Comanche and Kiowa peoples.

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The defeat and relocation of the Native Americans opened West Texas to white settlements where settlers could acquire land cheaply.

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*Present day reservation

Outcome: Frontier Wars

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Open Ended

Using your knowledge of the Frontier Wars, In a CER paragraph, explain the most significant outcome of the Frontier Wars.

Cattle Drives

Cattle drives are when a herd of cattle are moved north using cowboys to bring the cattle to towns with rail stations.  Then the cattle were sent by rail to the northern states where they would be slaughtered for meat.

Outcome: Frontier Wars

Supply and Demand of Cattle

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Demand and supply are connected to price.  As the price increases, people will buy less of it, or the demand decreases.  If the price of the product decreases, demand will increase.

Multiple Choice

Trail drivers were so successful that the supply of cattle exceeded the demand. How did this change the price of cattle?

• A. The price has nothing to do with the demand for cattle. 

• B. The price of cattle stayed the same.

• C. The price of cattle went up.

• D. The price of cattle went down.

Widespread use of barbed wire fences helped end the cattle drives.  Cut off from grasslands, landless cattle owners could not compete with the ranchers and their fences.

The expansion of railroads into Texas also made cattle drives unnecessary.  Ranchers now used railroads to move their animals to market.

Multiple Choice

Which factors contributed to the end of the great Texas cattle drives in the 1880s?

• A. Americans’ changing food preferences away from beef.

• B. Danger from Native American raids and loss of cowhands.

• C. Falling beef prices and closing of the open range.

• D. Rise of competing industries in eastern states.

Growth of Railroads.

Railroads also brought population growth.  People from many different ethnic groups came to Texas to work on the railroads and many settlements sprang up along rail lines.

Multiple Choice

What was one problem related to the spread of railroads across Texas?

• A. Immigrant rail workers faced racism and unfair treatment.

• B. Houston, Dallas, and Amarillo became major centers of trade.

• C. Travel time was greatly increased between nearby cities.

• D. The state’s population and economy were boosted.

Oil at Spindletop

On January 10, 1901 oil was discovered on Spindletop Hill near Beaumont.  This encouraged investors to search for new sources of oil. It also led to an increase in population and land prices in Texas.

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Multiple Choice

 What was the main reason the oil boom transformed Texas from a rural to a more urban state?

• A. The abundance of oil wells caused pollution that pushed people toward cities.

• B. People migrated from foreign countries to work in the oil industry.

• C. The leasing of oil fields funded construction of major universities.

• D. Profits from the oil industry caused significant economic development.

Boom and Bust

After Spindletop, boomtowns sprang up around successful wells across the state of Texas and experienced major increases in population due to sudden rapid economic growth.

Multiple Choice

 How were Texas oil towns of the twentieth century similar to cow towns of the nineteenth century?

• A. They were cultural as well as industrial magnets.

• B. They were industrial rather than agrarian.

• C. They were prone to boom/bust cycles.

• D. They were founded by Progressives.

Multiple Choice

What effect did the Spindletop gusher have on the economy of Beaumont, Texas?

• A. It caused land prices to decrease and stifled population development.

• B. It caused high pollution levels that made the town less desirable.

• C. It caused the population to grow and the development of the economy to surge.

• D. It caused a fire that devastated the town’s economy.