Cattle, Cotton and the Railroads Review

What happened to the Native Americans after the Civil War?

• they got moved to reservations

• they all died

• nothing

• they got medals for fighting in the Civil War

Lack of water was a problem for what?

• cattle drives

• Native Americans

• Buffalo Soldiers

• sheep drives

Who was a son of an American woman who was captured by the Comanches?

• Quanah Parker

• George Washington

• Red Eagle

• Buffalo Soldier

Which region primarily had the cotton industry in Texas?

• Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Flat Lands

What is "open land that anyone could use"

• open range

• barbed wire

• sharecropping

• range wars

What protected Texans from unfair business practices?

• Texas Railroad Commission

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Cattle Trails

• Open Range

What limited ranching in West Texas?

• water resources

• cattle drives

• farmers

• Buffalo Soldiers

Range wars were caused by ranchers doing what?

• fencing land with barbed wire

• cattle drives

• fence cutting

• illegal immigration

What ended cattle drives in Texas?

• barbed wire

• Native Americans

• immigration

• hunters

What was the first cattle trail used?

• Shawnee

• Chisolm

• I35

• Goodnight-Loving