Cattle Industry in Texas

To rejoin the U.S., Texas had to agree to three things:

• Free all their slaves

• Give freed male slaves the right to vote

• Change their state flag

• Promise to never leave the US again

How did Cattle arrive in Texas?

• The Spanish and Mexican ranchers

• They are from Texas

• The Spanish

• The Mexican ranchers

What was the name of the first to herd cattle in Texas? (Mexican cowboy)

Wild cattle are known as

• longhorn

• vaquero

• maverick

• calf

This was burned into an animal's hide with a hot iron to show ownership

• brand

• tag

• maverick

• cattle bell

The Texas landscape after the Civil War was

• Enclosed with fences, railroads, and highways

• Full of dense forest

• Mostly open range, or unfenced prairie land

• Filled with ranches enclosed by fences

This is when cattle were gathered on the open range then taken on long cattle drives with specific trails

• Trail

• Maverick

• Stampedes

• Round-ups

What big change came to Texas?

• Barbed wire and Railroads

• The Spanish brought cattle

• Texas changed it's state flag

• Mavericks were found

I am from Illinois but I moved to Texas. I was one of the people to drive cattle in the panhandle. I opened the J.A. Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon. I am known for breeding cattle. I invented the chuckwagon.

• Lizzie Johnson

• Charles Goodnight

• Richard King

• Oliver Loving

What is a stampede?

• A herd of frightened cattle running which is dangerous for cowboys.

• A group of wild cattle

• A name of a cattle ranch

• A cattle trail