Economic and Social Effects of CCR

Match

Match the word to the definition.

• Cash Crop

• Barbed Wire

• Boomtown

• Tenant Farmer

• Cow Town

A crop grown mainly to sell for money

fence wire with sharp points

town that grows very fast

farmer who rents land

town where cattle are marketed

• A crop grown mainly to sell for money

• fence wire with sharp points

• town that grows very fast

• farmer who rents land

• town where cattle are marketed

Multiple Choice

Which event happened first in the economic timeline of Texas?

• The cotton bust of the early 1900s

• Railroads connected cities

• Cowboys moved cattle across Texas

• Barbed wire stopped open range

Multiple Choice

Why did many farmers in Texas become tenant farmers?

• They wanted to grow food for their own families

• They did not have their own land or money

• The government paid them to rent land

• They needed to build new railroads

Multiple Choice

How did railroads help the cattle industry?

• They made it easier to raise buffalo

• They helped cowboys find new trails

• They let ranchers ship cattle to faraway markets

• They stopped cattle from leaving Texas

Multiple Choice

What happens during the “bust” part of the boom and bust cycle?

• Prices go up and farmers make more money

• Cowboys get hired for more jobs

• Prices fall and many people lose money

• Railroads expand and new towns grow

Multiple Choice

What helped towns grow in West Texas?

• The closing of all schools and stores

• People moving east to escape danger

• Building communities near farms, ranches, and railroads

• Cowboys living alone with no towns

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the real life of cowboys?

• They had clean clothes and rode off into the sunset

• They were always white and worked alone

• They had dangerous, low-paying jobs and came from different backgrounds

• They were mostly from Hollywood

Multiple Choice

Why did some boomtowns disappear over time?

• Railroads were banned in Texas

• Cowboys stopped riding horses

• The towns were built in the desert

• The economy went bust and jobs disappeared