Cotton Cattle Railroads/Hogg and Railroads

The information in the two graphs best supports which statement about the expansion of the Texas frontier?

• American Indians started farming in Texas because of a decrease in the buffalo population

• Settlers started raising buffalo on their farms which created conflicts with American Indians

• American Indians caused the decline in the buffalo population as they cultivated more land for crops.

• A decrease in the buffalo population was directly related to the increase in the number of farms in Texas.

1850s and beyond

Use of windmills to pump water

Expansion of large ranches

Number of livestock heads increased

Invention of barbed wire

Railroads come to Texas

The information in this chart relates to the —

• decline of cattle ranching

• technological advancement

• closing of the open range

• innovative farming

As governor of Texas, James Hogg believed government needed to —

• allow more control by businessmen

• protect and serve all citizens equally

• be free of citizen participation

• have more elected officials

What factors led to the expansion of the Texas frontier?

• The discovery of gold and oil in West Texas

• The Civil War and crop failures in East Texas

• The Dust Bowl and decreasing buffalo herds

• The railroad, barbwire, and irrigation

The growth of the railroad in Texas led to a(n) —

• population increase in cities

• expansion of cattle trails

• reduction of commercial farming

• decrease in the use of fossil fuels

What effect was brought about by the growth of railroads in Texas?

• Sharecropping

• Decline in cattle ranching

• Urbanization

• Irrigation technology

Which Texas industry is being described below:

-began with Spanish colonization of Texas

-Demand for product increased

-Railroads used to transport product

• Lumber

• Cottton

• Oil

• Cattle

Which statement about the cattle industry in Texas after the Civil War is true?

• The open range limited where cattle could graze

• Cattle drives became more profitable as the demand for beef increased

• Beef became more expensive in Texas than in other states.

• Women were no longer allowed to work in the cattle industry