Content check cotton, cattle, railroads, closing the frontier.

The list below are characteristics from which  Era in Texas History?

 Frontier closes

Barbed Wire invented

Economic $ development of Cotton & Cattle Industries

• Early Statehood

• Civil War & Reconstruction

• Cotton, Cattle, Railroads & Closing the Frontier

• Age of Oil

What factors ( reasons) led to the Expansion of Texas? 

• Large amounts of land , 

  wild longhorns, including demand for beef in North & East U.S. 

• Large amounts of Railroads and all the jobs you could want

• Texas pride

• A chance to fight with the Indians 

Who am I ?

My mother was a Texas woman who was captured by the Comanche when she was 8yrs old. 

I am a warrior and the last great Indian chief of the Comanche

I played a major part in helping my people adjust to reservation life after the final battles.

I learned white man ways, supported education, ranching & agriculture

• Cynthia Ann Parker

• Chief Eagle Horn

• Quanah Parker

How did Western Expansion affect Native Americans (Indians) in Texas?

• They were all killed

• They were granted (given) land South of the Rio Grande

• They were employed as guides by the white settlers

• They were forced out of Texas & onto Indian territory (Reservations) in Oklahoma

In addition to (besides) the availability of land , which factor (which other thing) facilitated (helped )the settlement of the Texas Frontier?

• Increased investments (money put in) in schools

• Demand for beef in the Eastern & Northern U. S. states

• Establishment (start) of forts in West Texas

• Legislation ( Laws) passed to forbid the use of barbed wire

Land, longhorns, and railroads were all reasons for ...

• Expansion of the frontier in Texas after the Civil War.

• Expansion of the manufacturing industry in Texas after the Civil War.

• Expansion of the service industry into Texas after the Civil War.

• Expansion of the oil industry into Texas after the CIvil War.

I was a former governor of Texas .

I set up the Texas Railroad Commission.

My work was intended to protect citizens from unfair business practices.

WHO AM I???

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• James L. Farmer

• James Hogg

• Barbara Jordon

LOOK AT THE MAP OF THE MAJOR CATTLE TRAILS

Which of the following statements is the BEST conclusion to draw?

• Cattle trails were created mainly along the Galveston area.

• The cattle industry exploded during this time period which created a need for more cattle trails

• After the Civil War, Texans started looking for other industry beyond cattle & industry. Texas started looking into technology & aerodynamics.

• Post Civil War, ranchers used the trails identified above to bring cattle to Texas from other states.

Today we spent hours stringing telegraph wire in Texas. Tomorrow we will escort a wagon train leaving for the western part of the state. We keep them safe from attacks, map the areas we cross to make expansion easier for the next groups. If we find horse thieves, we will bring them to justice. Not all of the pioneer families appreciate us. The South lost the Civil War & hate we are in blue uniforms, we just follow orders & work to make Texas a better & safer place to live.

WHO MIGHT OF WROTE THIS LETTER?

• a Buffalo Soldier sent to Texas

• Quanah Parker and his followers

• a Confederate soldier who has come home

• a Texas Ranger

All of the following were the result of the closing of the open range EXCEPT....

• New Immigrants to Texas

• Growth of new cities

• Increased dependence on cattle drives

• A move from subsistance farming to commercial farming

• Barbed wire