Cotton Cattle Railroads

Which of the following factors was MOST effective in preventing the settlement of West Texas?

• distance

• hot temperatures

• poor, rocky soil

• Native American attacks

One way that Governor James Hogg worked to protect Texans from unfair business practice was by ---

• prosecuting corrupt leaders in the oil industry

• working to bring an end to the range wars in West Texas

• supporting the creation of the Texas Railroad Commission

• signing legislation that established the Attorney General's office

I am a former Texas Governor, Set up the Texas Railroad Commission Who am I?

• Quanah Parker

• Bose Ikard

• James Hogg

• Charles Goodnight

What was the reason for the invention of Barbed wire?

• Needed to keep pigs in pens

• Use of natural fences in the past 

• earlier inventors of fence influence

• drawings created by Indians

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

How did railroads change farming in Texas?

• farmers produced as many cash crops as possible

• farmers downsized crop sizes as the railroad was expensive

• farmers began growing new crops not previously grown

• farmers had to hire more laborers due to demand

What is a vaquero?

• buffalo herder

• bull rider

• cowboy

• Buffalo soldier

What did James Hogg do?

• Developed a law so small rail companies can get the same amount of business as the large rail companies

• Developed the railroad commission

• Collected money from settlers to build a railroad

What was the purpose of the cattle drive?

• to move the diseased cows out of Texas

• to move cows north to railroad connections, and then to markets for profit

• to move the cows onto reservations for the Indians to hunt

• NONE of these are correct

What was the most important crop grown in Texas? [hint: it was grown exclusively for profit]

• cotton

• carrots

• corn

• cabbage