Unit 9 Cattle drives and Railroads

1. Which of these men is responsible for the invention pictured above?

• Gail Borden

• Joseph Glidden

• Patillo Higgins

• Cleto Rodriguez

2. Which invention is pictured above?

• Barbed wire

• Radio antenna

• Telephone line

• Telegraph cable

3. Which of the following became the largest cattle ranch in Texas?

• Loving Ranch

• Glidden Ranch

• King Ranch

• Chisholm Ranch

4. Who am I?

• Lizzie Johnson Williams

• Richard King

• Charles Goodnight

• Bose Ikard

5. Why did the cattle industry grow so much in Texas after the Civil War?

• Cattle were relatively inexpensive to acquire and easy to raise.

• There were railroads that made it faster to get cattle to cities and markets.

• The climate and wide open spaces of Texas made it a good place to raise cattle.

• There was a shortage of beef in cities and markets in eastern and northern states.

6. How did the development of railroads change the Texas economy?

• Goods arrived to market faster.

• People moved from the cities to farms.

• Employment opportunities in cities declined.

• Demand for oil and gas increased significantly.

7. The railroad shown in the map is the first railroad line built in Texas. Which city likely benefitted most by the location of the railroad?

• Corpus Christi

• Dallas

• El Paso

• Lubbock

8. Why did the buffalo disappear from the Texas landscape in the 1800s?

• New disease and insects spread quickly through roaming herds and killed most buffalo.

• Most buffalo and longhorn cattle were rounded up and sold to markets in the Northeast.

• New farms and ranches enclosed West Texas with fences and domesticated wild buffalo for food.

• Government soldiers killed millions of buffalo to eliminate a food source for American Indian groups.

9. How did the Red River War change life for American Indian groups in Texas?

• They gained legal protections in court.

• They converted to farming and ranching.

• They no longer roamed along the plains freely.

• They were enslaved for work on southern plantations.

10. Why is Lizzie Johnson a famous Texan?

• She survived the fighting at the Red River Wars.

• She worked as the first female railroad conductor.

• She traveled the Chisholm Trail with a herd of cattle.

• She helped to establish the largest cattle ranch in Texas.