Cattle-Cotton-Oil Quiz

The modern day "cowboy's" origin is derived from which country?

• United States

• Spain

• Germany

• Brazil

Which was most instrumental in the growth of the cattle trails?

• Newly freed slaves becoming ranchers

• The use of railroads

• The removal of the Comanche to the reservation

• The use of windmills and barbed wire

Which trail was the famous Chisolm Trail?

The state capitol in Austin was built in exchange for the land that would become:

• The King Ranch

• The JA Ranch

• The Boland Ranch

• The XIT Ranch

Which was true about the Goodnight-Loving Trail?

• It ran from Central Texas straight to Dodge City, Kansas

• It went out of the way to avoid Indian territory and ended in Wyoming

• It started in Fort Worth and ended in Omaha, NE

• It ran the length of Texas from the Rio Grande all the way to Kansas

"Texas Fever" refers to:

• A cattle disease

• The rush to buy land in West Texas

• The hot conditions Cowboys had to work in

• Market prices for Texas cattle

On average, tenant farmers kept about ​ ​ (a)   ​ of their crop and gave ​ (b)   to the land owner.

• 2/3
• 1/3
• 50%
• 1/4
• 3/4
• 1/2

Which items kept sharecroppers trapped in poverty (or unable to turn a good profit to buy their own land)?

• Boll Weevils

• Drought

• Low Demand for cotton

• High prices for cotton

What is the purpose of a windmill?

• To show ownership of a large tract of land

• To warn of upcoming weather events

• To tap into aquifers for irrigation

• To process and grind cotton seeds

Oil had already been discovered and was being refined in this Texas city prior to 1901.

• Beaumont

• Odessa

• Longview

• Corsicana