Cattle, Cotton, Railroads

All European countries sent explorers to the New World during the Age of Contact EXCEPT?

• Spain

• France

• Italy

Several members of the Plains Indian tribes met with U.S officials and signed this treaty to end conflict? It was a failure.

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek

• Treaty of Paris

• Indian-Anglo Treaty

What is the name of the Comanche chief who attacked anglo settlements, led his tribe against buffalo hunters, and eventually became a successful cattle rancher?

• Quanah Parker

• Satanta

• Victorio

• Chief Joseph

All were strategies of the U.S Army for removing tribes from their land EXCEPT?

• Killing off the Buffalo herds, which they heavily depended on.

• Forcibly removing them from their land and placing them on reservations.

• Paying them to leave and move to reservations.

What is the name of the organization that protected the Texasfrontier and has been used as both a military unit and special police force?

• Texas Rangers

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Mustangers

• The Grange

What European country did cattle in Texas originate from?

• Spain

• England

• Italy

• Ireland

What was the name of the fencing that was invented to keep animals either in or out of certain areas?

• Electric Fence

• Picket fence

• Barbed wire

• High Fencing

In what way did the railroads help the Texas economy?

• Provided railroad jobs for poor farmers

• It helped move supplies farther, faster, and in greater quantity

• It had no impact on the Texas economy

• None of the above

In what region was most of the railroad track laid?

• North-Central

• Mountains and Basins

• Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

Working on someone else's land for a portion of the crops grown is known as?

• Commercial farming

• Subsistence farming

• Tenant farming

• Community farming