TX History Units 6 & 7 assessment

Job opportunites increase in urban areas.

Agriculture became more mechanized.

Prices of consumer goods decreases.

These developments occurred as a result of increased - ?

• westward expansion

• industrialization

• government regulation of business

• the use of slave labor

Which of the following was most responsible for the revolution described in the excerpt?

• Expanded public education

• Rapid technological innovation

• Rapid territorial expansion

• Increased government spending

What effects did the railroad have on industries?

• Growth in jobs, increased populations, and cities grew.

• Growth took over lands

• It helped pay for cheap labor

• Increase where living and jobs were most sought out.

What effects did the railroad have on industries?

• people began to move to the north

• commercial agricultural expands and more settlement west.

• settled near boom towns

The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the _?

• formation of the patent system

• creation of labor unions

• eight-hour workday

• use of mass-production techniques

How did the growth of the railway system affect Texas in the late 1800s?

• Industry replaced agriculture.

• Major cities lost population.

• Towns grew near railroad stops.

• Railroads gave away free land grants.

Which of the following was a major reason for the decline of the open range in Texas in the late 1800s?

• invention of barbed wire

• invention of refrigeration

• conflict between ranchers and farmers

• expansion of sheep ranching

What was the economic effect of barbed wire?

• paired with railroad helped open range ranching.

• allowed the ranchers to have all the land they could claim.

• paired with the railroad helped to end open-range ranching.

• helped create the trails for ranchers herding cattle.

In ____ five Native American groups met with the U.S. government to discuss treaty.

• 1987

• 1867

• 1861

• 1967

Who named the African American soldiers in the West “buffalo soldiers”?

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• former Civil War leaders

• Congress

• Native Americans