Cattle Kingdom/Oil Review

Which industries improved the economy of Texas after the Civil War?

• Railroad

• Oil

• Cattle

• All Cattle, Oil and Railroad industries

Spindletop; Howard Hughes, Sr.; derrick; Houston Ship Channel; boomtown are all from which era?

• Reconstruction

• Civil War

• Age of Oil

• Cattle Kingdom

What contributed to the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• Texas Annexation

• Railroad boom

• Computers

• Cattle

Cattle were first brought to America by explorers from - 

• France

• Germany

• Spain

• Mexico

Cattle drives began to-

• compete as roads

• Find more food

• find grasslands

• reach markets for sale

Trail driving was-

• done by Tejanos

• hard work

• not popular in Texas

• easy and safe

Most cattle trails took Texas cattle from the southern part of the state to -

• Stockyards in Chicago and NY

• West Texas

• prairie grasslands and Indian territory

• Railroads in Missouri and Kansas

Texas longhorns were prized by cattle ranchers because -

• They were calm and tame

• their horns could be sold as well as their meat

• they could survive under harsh conditions

• their meat was tender

Which of these was a reason that cattle owners branded their cattle?

• The brand prevented illness

• cattle thieves would not steal branded cattle

• only branded cattle could be sold

• unbranded cattle could be claimed by anyone

1. ______________?

2. Farmers could fence in their property

3. Open-range ranching did not work as well

4. Ranchers began to adapt to the Anglo American way of ranching

• the railroads began to expand their empire

• the invention of barbed wire became easily available

• windmills were destroyed along the prairies

• the cattle trails closed to Texas ranchers