Cotton Cattle and Railroads

Cattle drives and ranching were year-round jobs for who?

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Farmers

• Indians

• Cowboys

Bad weather, cattle rustlers, Indians, and stampedes are all causes of what?

• Dangers on an oil rig

• Dangers during the battle of the Alamo

• Dangers on a Cattle Drive

• Dangers of farming

What effect did barbed wire fences have on the people in the Texas frontier?

• Kept the Indians off the land

• Made cattle drives dangerous for Cowboys

• Caused too much damage to horses

• Cowboys loved the invention of barbed wire

Which country brought cattle to Texas and the rest of the United States?

• Spain

• England

• France

• United States

What inventions changed West Texas after the Civil War and encouraged settlement in the west?

• Cars and planes

• Books and water bottles

• cell phones and laptops

• Windmills, barbed wire, and railroads

Which nickname was given to the African-American regiments of the Army after the Civil War?

• Buffalo Hunters
• Red River Rebels
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Screaming Eagles

The range wars between farmers and ranchers were conflicts over all of the following EXCEPT

• control of water rights
• the textiles industry
• use of barbed wire
• cattle driving

During which time span did cattle drives and wars with American Indians in Texas take place?

• A. 1820 - 1835

• B. 1836 - 1845

• C. 1860 - 1900

• D. 1920 – 1935

How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?

• Much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war.

• Farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing.

• The demand for beef in the East brought rapid growth to the industry.

• The loss in the Confederacy brought many cowboys to the cattle industry.

Which means of transportation did NOT contribute to the urbanization of Texas in the late 1800s?

• automobiles

• horses

• railroads

• steamboats