Ch 8 SS Review

Lizzie Johnson helped to develop the ________ and ranching industry in Texas in the 1870s.

• farm

• cattle

• oil

• cotton

The _____________ hurt the cattle industry because cattle ran all over the state.

• railroad

• assembly line

• open range

• barbed wire

Charles Goodnight’s greatest contribution to the cattle industry was his ______________.

• barbed wire

• railroad

• open range

• cattle trail

Farmers in Texas adapted to the climate in the late 1800s by only planting crops that grew well with the amount of _________ that fell in their area.

• rainfall

• hail

• dust

The __________ boom in Texas helped business to ship and receive goods more quickly.

• cattle

• ranching

• railroad

• business

The railroads harmed the way of life of ____________.

• farmers

• ranchers

• Plains Indians

• settlers

The railroad boom led to a growth in all other Texas businesses and _________.

• industries

• farms

• ranches

• oil field

Workers in __________ mostly worked in meatpacking plants.

• Houston

• Dallas

• San Antonio

• Fort Worth

The ___________ system was efficient and supply and demand let prices rise and fall to the right level.

• assembly line

• free enterprise

• railroad

Pattillo Higgins’s and Captain Anthony F. Lucas’s discovery at ____________ helped drive industrialization and urbanization of Texas.

• Goodnight Trail

• Spindletop

• Houston

• Dallas