What was the effect of this invention?

quicker communication, helped businesses with productivity

safer to install barbed wire fences

Which is true of tenant farmers?

Tenant farming was difficult due to weather, competition, and low prices.

It was a reasonable method to own a farm.

Working hard allowed tenant farmers to succeed.

Tenant farmers were usually given 160 acres to homestead.

Which is true about cowboys?

many of them were African American or Mexican American

the work was hard, but the pay was great

ate lots of beans around a campfire

What event was responsible for the following: Windmills became necessary for cattle ranching; competition between ranchers and farmers ended; open range and cowboy culture ended??

cotton becomes king as slave labor grows

Native American fight for the land they were given

What effect did the invention of refrigeration have?

Texaas ranchers could sell beef all over the country and even to other countries.

Slaughterhouses were no longer needed.

They could now put drift fences on the open range.

This created a need for huge cattle drives to the railroads.

these methods allowed them to grow many vegetable crops

cheap Texas land was a good reason to try new things

not enough rain to grow other crops

a higher price for growing rice made it more profitable

How did industrialization affect agriculture?

more production with fewer workers

working was no longer necessary, because machines did all the work

commercial farming began to decline

farmers had to work harder for the same results

Look at the image-what is the result?

using barbed wire led to the close of the open range

longhorns were overproduced and almost went extinct

most farms had many cows to milk

more barbed wire in use meant cattle drives were needed

Texas cotton--late 1800s??

price was determined by supply and demand

depended on steamboats to get it to market

price was set by the Texas Senate

was better than the cotton from other states

What was the result of the actions of the buffalo hunters?

the disappearance of their economic base meant Native Americans moved to reservations

Native Americans were given farms under the Homestead Act

Native Americans had to start working in factories

Native Americans moved to Canada to live

What happened to Quanah Parker eventually?

assimilated into American culture

disguised himself as an American to hide from Texas Rangers

replaced as the chief of the Comanche

elected to serve in the US Congress

Which is a negative effect of railroads coming to Texas?

buffalo hunters killed thousands of buffalo from trains

easier to transport cattle to market

Dallas grew into a huge population center

more vegetables shipped to market, so fresh food more available

Why was the demand for beef so high in the Northeast?

People in the north were tired of pork

Beef was plentiful and could easily be preserved

The longhorn was perfectly suited for cattle drives

What impact did Buffalo Hunters have on America?

The hunted buffalo to almost extinction

They captures and bred buffalo to increase numbers

They helped the natives by bringing them buffalo

The helped the buffalo migrate to a safer place

What is assimilation?

taking in or understanding different ideas

What influenced the price of cotton in the late 1800s?

Supply and demand in world markets

A wildfire killed most of the crops

What ended cattle trails?

Cattle drovers would work any more

How did railroad companies get people to buy land?

they advertised with national brochures and demonstration farms

they gave free railroad tickets to those who bought land

they gave land next to the rail line for free

they did not get people to buy land because they wanted it for the rail roads

Why did many Texas farmers switch to dry farming?

Dry farming methods allowed farmers to grow a wide variety of vegetable crops.

Cheap land in drier West Texas encouraged them to try new materials.

Farmers in eastern Texas did not have enough rain to grow most crops.

Increases in the price of rice encouraged farmers to grow it under any conditions.

How did mechanization impact farming?

Increased productions with the same number of employees or less. ▲

People did not have to do work.

It caused the downfall of commercial farming.

People began to feel that mechanization was too impersonal.

How did mechanization impact farming?

Increased productions with the same number of employees or less.

People did not have to do work.

It caused the downfall of commercial farming.

People began to feel that mechanization was too impersonal.

Cattle, Cotton, Railroads

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The King Ranch and the XIT Ranch?

King Ranch largest commercial ranch, XIT largest private ranch

King Ranch funded by Chicago businessmen

XIT Ranch was funded by California businessmen

King Ranch largest private ranch, XIT largest commercial ranch

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who guarded the Texas border and frontier and did other jobs after the Civil War?

Buffalo soldiers

Salvation Army

Texas Rangers

National Guard

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who was the last Comanche chief? He was also the son of a pioneer woman, and he helped the Comanche assimilate into American culture on the reservation.

Red Cloud

Sitting Bull

Quanah Parker

Geronimo Jones

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Texas cattle drives ended and Texans began to find new ways to make a living. What did this cause?

economic changes

demand for oil went up

cattle drives came back in the 1900s

ranchers and farmers got into conflicts

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What conclusion is supported by this map?

All cattle trails led from Texas to the East.

Cattle trails brought cows into Texas.

There were many trails that served the cattle industry.

Cattle trails helped Texans deal with the problem of too many cattle.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

According to this map, which trail provided the best route from Austin?

Goodnight-Loving Trail

Western Trail

Chisolm Trail

Sedalia Trail

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What did most freed African-Americans do after the Civil War?

went back to the plantations and worked there

moved to the North for factory jobs

enlisted in the Army

went into business for themselves

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Cattle, Cotton, Railroads

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The King Ranch and the XIT Ranch?

Who guarded the Texas border and frontier and did other jobs after the Civil War?

Who was the last Comanche chief? He was also the son of a pioneer woman, and he helped the Comanche assimilate into American culture on the reservation.

Texas cattle drives ended and Texans began to find new ways to make a living. What did this cause?

What conclusion is supported by this map?

According to this map, which trail provided the best route from Austin?

What did most freed African-Americans do after the Civil War?

What was the effect of this invention?

Which is true of tenant farmers?

Which correctly describes most former slaves in Texas after the end of the Civil War?

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