Cotton, Cattle & Railroads

African American soldiers that protected the frontier against Native Americans

• Freedmen

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Abolitionists

• Democrats

What was the impact that cattle ranching had on the United States in the North and East

• Supply was low and demand was low

• supply was high and demand was high

• Supply was low but demand was high

• supply was high but demand was low

What three things led to the westward expansion of Texas?

• Beef, slavery, cash crops

• cotton, oil, beef

• Reconstruction, oil, railroads

• Barbed Wire, Windmills and Railroads

Why was barbed wire an important invention during the Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads Era?

• It allowed farmers to grow more cotton.

• It resulted in better management of public lands

• It led to the end of the frontier and the open range

• It led to an increase in the number of sharecroppers

Why was ranching used more in West Texas?

• West Texas climate was too dry and arid to grow crops so ranching was used

• Native Americans gave space to settlers for their cattle

• Settlers preferred the open area of the west region of Texas

• West Texas had more open range and cattle trails

1860-1900 can best be described as the era of

• Cattle, Cowboys and Frontier War

• Cotton and Railroads

• Oil boom

• Beef and Boots

How were cattle first introduced to Texas?

• The British imported them from England.

• The Aztecs raised them before the arrival of Europeans.

• The Comanche brought them from ranges further north.

• Spanish explorers imported them from Europe

Major figure in his tribe's resistance to the white man's way and settlement on reservations that later adapted to reservation life and became a wealthy businessman

• Peta Nacona

• Quanah Parker

• Chief Bowles

• James Hogg

African American soldiers felt conflicted in their fight against Native Americans in the Frotier Wars

• True

• False

After the Civil War, several trails were added to support the growing cattle industry in Texas.

• True

• False