CCR Quiz review

In addition to the availability of land, which factor facilitated the settlement of the Texas frontier?

• Increased investment in schools

• Demand for beef in eastern states

• Establishment of forts in West Texas

• Legislation passed to forbid use of barbed wire

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.

One way that Governor James Hogg worked to protect Texans from unfair business practice was by —

• supporting the creation of the Texas Railroad Commission

• prosecuting corrupt leaders in the oil industry

• working to bring an end to the range wars in West Texas

• signing legislation that established the Attorney General’s office

The range wars of the late 1800s in Texas were caused by —

• sharecroppers claiming public lands

• ranchers fencing land with barbed wire

• immigrants moving onto lands in West Texas

• railroad companies building on American Indian lands

Which nickname was given to the African American regiments of the U.S. Army that helped to keep the peace among American Indians in the West after the Civil War?

• Bucktails

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Red River Rebels

• Screaming Eagles

- I was the son of an American woman captured by the Comanche.

- I was the last Chief of the Comanche.

- My tribe roamed West Texas.

- I eventually assimilated into American culture and influenced other American Indians to do so.

Who Am I?

• Iron Jacket

• Quanah Parker

• John Wallace

• Peta Nocona

The introduction of windmills allowed farmers and ranchers in West Texas to —

• provide electricity to the region

• create early air conditioning for homes

• generate wind power to run farm equipment

• irrigate crops without having access to a river

Based on the graph, what was characteristic of population patterns in Texas in the years following the Civil War?

• Texans migrated from rural towns to urban areas.

• The numbers of Texans began a trend of increasing.

• West Texas became more populated than East Texas.

• Immigrants to Texas outnumbered native born Texans.

Based on the information in the excerpt above the invention of barbed wire was influenced by —

• a need to keep pigs in pens

• the use of natural fences in the past

• writings of earlier inventors of fences

• drawings created by farmers on the Great Plains

The development of ranching in West Texas was primarily influenced by —

• Politics

• Railroads

• Discovery of Oil

• Water Resources