Texas History: Cotton and Cattle

Cotton and Cattle

5/5/2021

Multiple Choice

Texas is the leading cotton producer in the United States today.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

_____ were established along railroad routes

• Army forts

• New towns

• Ranches

Multiple Choice

How many bales of cotton were produced in Texas in 1880?

• 2 million

• 3.5 million

• 1 million

• 20 million

Multiple Choice

West Texas technique used to grow crops without irrigation was called?

• wet farming

• cold farming

• dry farming

• hot irrigation

Fill in the Blank

The Boll Weevil originated in

Multiple Choice

Cattle was introduced to the New World by _____ explorers.

• African

• French

• Spanish

• Italian

Multiple Select

These Cattle Trails originated in Texas and led North to Railroad hubs.

• Oregon Trail

• Chisolm Trail

• Western Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Goodnight-Loving Trail

Multiple Choice

Quarantine laws forced Texas cattle to intermingle with cattle from other states.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What year did Kansas outlaw cattle from Texas?

• 1980

• 1880

• 1865

• 1885

Fill in the Blank

in 1900, Texas had 10,000 miles of tracks, only ____ percent of the nation's railroads.

How long would it take you to travel from coast to coast in a stagecoach?

Multiple Select

What were the two major railroad hubs in Texas in 1887?

• Houston

• El Paso

• Austin

• DFW

• Amarillo

Multiple Choice

____ gained railroads in 1909

• Amarillo

• Mexico

• New York City

• El Paso