Texas - Frontier/Railroads/Oil Boom

What did Texas have a lot of to make money?

• Slaves

• Homes

• Cattle

• Horses

Another name for cowboy, a person who takes care of cattle is

• wrangler

• roper

• sheriff

• deputy

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

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

• metal

• barbed wire

• wood

• posts

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 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

Area of federal land set aside for Native Americans

• South Dakota Bad Lands

• Western New Mexico Territory

• Indian Reservation System

• Oklahoma Territory

Land set aside for the relocation of American Indians was were known as --

• Manifest Destiny

• Reservations

• Ranches

• Cattle Drives

When Texas cowboys led cattle to the stockyards in Kansas, they were participating in the --

• reservations

• Manifest Destiny

• building the Transcontinental railroad

• cattle drives