Texas Growth and WW1

Why was the longhorn a symbol of Texas?

• A. Ranchers enjoyed raising longhorns.

• B. Longhorns were admired for being strong, independent, and brave.

• C. Longhorns became more important than buffalo.

• D. Longhorns were admired for being better than horses.

What were the effects of Texans using barbed wire fences?

• A. Cattle were cut off from watering holes.

• B. Cattle were cut off from streams.

• C. Rangeland was blocked.

• D. all of the above

True or False: The cattle industry provided jobs for many people on ranches and cattle trails.

• True

• False

Where did the Texas railroad boom begin?

• The boom began in Ft. Worth.

• The boom began along the Red River.

• The boom began in the hills of Texas.

• The boom began at the port cities along the Gulf Coast.

What was NOT an effect of the railroad on American Indian life in Texas?

• American Indians lost land to the railroads.

• There were fewer buffalo, which the American Indians depended on for food and clothing.

• American Indians gained land from the railroads.

• All of the above

What impact did the railroads have on the ranching industry?

• Cowhands loaded the herds onto trains and shipped them to different locations.

• Railroads made ranching more difficult for cowhands.

• Cowhands drove herds around the railroads.

• The ranching industry was destroyed by railroads.

Where did clusters of settlements grow in Texas in the 1900s?

• Along the river

• Along the Gulf Coast

• Around railroad junctions

• Around ranches

What is free enterprise?

• An economic system in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services while being controlled by the government.

• An economic system in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services with little control of the government.

• An economic system in which people are free to buy goods, but need permission from the government to sell goods.

• None of the above

True or False: Captain Anthony F. Lucas hired Patillo Higgins to help with finding oil at Spindletop.

• True

• False

Where was the earliest oil field in Texas located?

• Ft. Worth

• Austin

• Saratoga

• Galveston