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Cattle, Cowboys, and Railroads

Authored by alexis willis

7th - 12th Grade

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Cattle, Cowboys, and Railroads
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How were the United States troops able to defeat Native Americans?

allowed white settlers to occupy land in West Texas

Troops destroyed majority of their horses and food supply.

by punishing people who stole Native American goods or who sold liquor on the reservations

Many Natives died due to European diseases

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why were mustangs well suited to being used in cattle drives?

They moved slowly across the Panhandle

They were fast, strong, and sturdy.

Cattle followed them willingly

They were specially bred for the work.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why did sharecropping develop in Texas after the Civil War?

The best way to achieve subsistence farming

It would be the most efficient form of agricultural production

​It developed because small farmers didn't have money for land, tools, and seeds.

sponge bob

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who gave the name "Buffalo Soldiers" to the African American soldiers serving in the West?

Native Americans

General Sherman

Ku Klux Klan

Congress

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which Comanche leader ignored the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek and continued to lead raids against white settlers?

Santa Claus

Lone Wolf

Kicking Bird

Quanah Parker

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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By the end of 1875, where did most Texans Plain Indians live?

Kansas

H-Town

Dallas

Oklahoma

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which problem threatened to end the great Texas cattle drives in 1866?

Texas chicken pocks

Texas flu spread by Texas Longhorns

Texas fever spread by Texas Longhorns

Bandits stole all of the buffalo

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