RailRoad Boom / Texas Gold

How did the railroad boom effect American Indians?

• The were hired to work

• They lost there land

• they built trains

• no effect

How did the railroad effect the cattle industry?

• instead of cattle drives they shipped them on trains

• they made cattle drives longer

• no effect

What is a junction?

• where 2 railroad lines meet

• where track continues to move

• where the track stops

• where the conductor lives

an economic system where people are free to buy and sell

• demand

• supply

• free enterprise

• surplus

When supply is low demand is __________

• high

• low

• equal

who was Pattillo Higgins?

• he was a slave

• he branded the cattle

• he was an herder

• he discovered spindle top

cleans an processes oil into useful products

• oil well

• oil farm

• oil refinery

• oil field

what major discovery was made in the Texas Panhandle near Amarillo?

• natural gas field

• oil field

• an oil rig

• wildcatter

what was the impact of the oil boom in texas

• the american Indians were happier with oil

• it helped save cattle, so they could be shipped

• it improved the lives of Texans by providing jobs

• there was no impact

which products from below are made from oil?

• cars, trees, rocks

• gas, plastic, paint

• paper, bricks, sand

• planes, trains, automobiles