Cattle, Railroads and Oil

What was more challenging about farming in West Texas versus East Texas?

• Limited amount of water

• Constant threat of fire

• Lack of seeds available

• Higher incidence of disease

Select ALL of the answer choices below that were the realities of being a cowboy.

• Low pay

• Adventurous heroes

• Fearless and worry free life

• Dirty work

• Physical hardships

Which of the following describes Quanah Parker?

• Sioux chief who had a white father and fought the U.S. Army to the death

• Comanche chief who had a white mother and cooperated with the U.S. when he realized he had to

• Cheyenne chief who organized a rebellion that defeated 300 U.S. Army soldiers

• Comanche chief who was unjustly executed after being falsely convicted of murder

What was the most effective method used to force Native Americans into reservations?

• The U.S. Army

• Burning of Native American farms

• Destruction of the buffalo

• Offers of money and farmland

What helped West Texas farmers pump water out of underground aquifers?

• Windmills

• Barbed Wire

• Invention of electricity

• Discovery of aquifers

What were TWO of the biggest reasons that cattle drives declined?

• Railroads expanded into Texas

• Barbed wire fenced off the open range

• Disease killed most cows

• Native Americans made using the open range too difficult

Select ALL of the items that made it more possible to farm in West Texas:

• Invention of the steel plow

• Invention of drought resistant seeds

• Invention of barbed wire

• Expansion of railroads into West Texas

• Change of climate in West Texas to more rain

Which TWO of the following describe James Hogg correctly?

• Great military leader

• Governor of Texas in 1890

• Helped regulate railroads

• Foremost enemy of Quanah Parker

How did the oil industry impact Texans?

• Led to small battles over land by conflicting families

• People moved from cities to rural areas to farm

• Most people lost their jobs

• Increased income and new jobs

What caused the structure in the picture to be built?

• Discovery of oil

• Galveston hurricane

• Constant Native American attacks

• Expansion of the railroad