Texas Frontier

What factor contributed to the expansion of the cattle industry in Texas?

• restless farmers

• increasing demand for beef

• Native Americans

• barbed wire

How did the railroad industry effect Texas population?

• Population decreased in the West
• Population increased in the West
• Population increased in the East
• Population increased in the East

___________ drove cattle from ranches to the railheads.

• Cowboys
• Explorers
• Railroad officials
• Meat dealers

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

What happens to Native American tribes after the Civil War?

• Most Indians join the U.S. Army
• Indians were displaced & forced to move onto Reservations
• Most moved to Canada
• Indians became cowboys & joined the cattle drives

What did Texas have a lot of to make money?

• Slaves

• Homes

• Cattle

• Horses

What is the name of the largest cattle ranch in the United States that is still around today?

• Cowboy Ranch

• Wrangler Ranch

• Prairie Ranch

• King Ranch

King Ranch is so large, it is larger than the state of Rhode Island.

• True

• False

What material was used to keep cattle in a fenced area?

• metal

• barbed wire

• wood

• posts

Area of federal land set aside for Native Americans

• South Dakota Bad Lands

• Western New Mexico Territory

• Indian Reservation System

• Oklahoma Territory