Texas History industries reveiw

Where was the first major oil strike in Texas?

• Spindletop

• Dallas

• Beumont

• Oil Town

What was a Boomtown?

• A town which was not effected by the oil boom

• A town with lots of earthquakes which gave it the name boomtown

• A town which grew due to economic booms and people were more concerned with drilling for oil

• a town that was created by an oil company as advertisement for their product

What new innovation made it possible to turn oil into a purer substance that had many other uses?

• oil purifiers

• oil refineries

• distillation plants

• oil filters

What qualities of a longhorn made it best fit for Texas life?

• short legs for extra speed when running from predators

• extremely large in size and bright colored to scare off predators

• only good in the cold and good in wet conditions

• better resistance to heat and not having much need for water

how did Barbed wire fencing effect the cattle industry?

• Barbed wire was used throughout Texas and is still being used today because it is cheap and efficient.

• it introduced a new type of electric fencing to farmers

• it cost too much putting ranchers in debt

• barbed wire hurt too many cattle causing it to stop being use

What is a cattle drive?

• when large amounts of crop and cattle are transported to be sold

• cows driving a car.

• When a cowboy leads large amounts of cattle from one place to another along a trail

• where a large amount of cattle are driven via boat to a new destination

Why did the demand for cattle rise during the civil war?

• People wanted to eat more beef because the soldiers fighting in the war were eating it.

• Soldiers only survived on beef because it made them fight better

• People started to enjoy beef more

• Soldiers needed beef for food during the war

What is a Trans-continental railroad?

• a type of train

• a railroad line that crosses a continent

• a railroad company

• a railroad that passes through a major city

what was a major effect of the railroad boom in Texas?

• Cities near railroads were abandoned and cities near junctions decreased in population

• less people came to Texas

• The sound of trains scared off the cattle in some areas of Texas

• new cities near railroads were born and cities near junctions grew a large amount

Which farming tools and techniques were popularized or invented during the railroad and farming boom in Texas?

• Thresher, windmill, dry farming

• cotton gin, tractor, harvester

• watering can, fertilizer, plow

• thresher, water siphoning, insect repellent fertilizer