Cotton, Cattle, Railroads, and Oil

Which nickname was given to the African-American regiments of the Army after the Civil War?

• Buffalo Hunters
• Red River Rebels
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Screaming Eagles

All of the following were factors that fostered westward expansion into Texas EXCEPT

•  land for farming and ranching
• growth of the railroads
• removal of American Indians
• failure of the cotton crops

Why did ranching develop in West Texas instead of farming?

• Water Resources were scarce
• Lack of railroads
• Politics
• Oil was discovered in West Texas

The range wars between farmers and ranchers were conflicts over all of the following EXCEPT

• control of water rights
• the textiles industry
• use of barbed wire
• cattle driving

What role did railroads play in Texas’ economy?

• Railroads brought very few people to Texas.
• The trains were made to transport people only.
• The railroads made it harder to transport goods to the East.
• A way to transport good to market

After the Civil War the supply of beef was very low in Northern states.  What will happen to the price of Texas cattle if they could be sold up North?

• Price will increase
• Price will decrease
• Price will stay the same

The range wars of the late 1800s in Texas were caused by --

• sharecroppers claiming public lands

• ranchers fencing land with barbed wire

• immigrants moving onto lands in West Texas

• railroad companies building on American Indian lands

What is the historical significance of Spindletop?

• Cattle were traded there.

• The Texas frontier began there.

• Buffalo soldiers were stationed there.

• The Texas petroleum/oil industry began there.

Which industry caused the MOST change in the economic development of East Texas during the early 1900s?

• oil

• cattle

• cotton

• aerospace

One consequence of the use of barbed wired on the frontier of Texas included —

• the introduction of rodeos

• the end of the cattle drives

• a decline in the number of cattle ranches

• an increase in conflicts with American Indian tribes