Unit 7: Texas Frontier

What is the significance of the Buffalo Soldier in Texas history?

• They were Native Americans who fought with Texas during the Civil War.

• They were African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier before the Civil War.

• They were Anglo Americans who protected the Texas frontier before the Civil War.

• They were Mexican Americans who guarded the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.

Joseph Gliddens invention of ________ had the greatest impact on settlement in the West.

• Barbed Wire

• Colt Revolver

• Cotton Gin

• Windmills

Widespread use of barbed wire, Windmills pumping water from underground,Railroad expansion across Texas.

Which of the following resulted from the causes listed above.

• Increased use of the cattle trails to get cattle to market.

• the development of the Wild West Shows.

• The end of the Open Range era in Texas.

• The end of cattle ranching in Texas.

How did the invention of the windmill help increase the population of West Texas?

• It made drilling easier .

• It generated electricity of communities.

• Farmers and ranchers did not have to depend on sources of surface water.

• Farmers and ranchers used them to predict the weather.

The purpose of the cattle ranchers branding their cattle was to -

• sell them at market.

• show other people that they owned a large ranch.

• make a profit from the cattle.

• show which cows they owned.

Law enforcement groups originally created by Stephen F. Austin that patrolled the frontier were called the ..

• King's Army

• Texas Rangers

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Confederate Army

Boom towns experience a major increases , or boom , in population due to sudden rapid economic growth.

The discovery of which natural resource caused boom towns to appear in the early 1900's in East and West Texas.

• Oil

• Iron

• Coal

• Silver

The artifacts above are mostly used for ...

• a secret code between ranchers.

• the identification of farming products.

• advertisement of sporting apparel.

• marking ownership of free range cattle.

Why does the Chisholm trail end in Abilene,Kansas?

• Cattle markets developed near the railroads.

• Texas longhorns could not survive north of Dodge City.

• It was at the base of the Rocky Mountains.

• The markets in Abilene paid the most per head of cattle.

What was the most significant result of Spindletop?

• It restricted the number of jobs available in the oil industry.

• It increased the lumber needed to build oil derricks.

• It created a safe and clean environment in the Texas oil industry.

• It provided a new source of inexpensive,efficient fuel , which changed the future of transportation and industry.