Bundle 6 Review

What name did Native American tribes give to African American soldiers who fought on the Texas Frontier?

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Frontiersmen

• Vaqueros

• Apaches

How would trains transport oil?

• They couldn’t

• Loaded box cars with oil barrels

• Oil tank cars were filled up with oil

What was the name of the fierce Comanche Chief who had a white mother and Comanche father, lead warriors into battle against cattlemen and U.S Army and helped native Americans assimilate into reservation life in Oklahoma?

• Chief Santiago

• Quanah Parker

• Chief Kamehameha

• Chief Standing Bear

Texas Railroads were MOST important because…

• They helped populate and expand civilization/settlement across the state

• It made transportation of goods and people easier

• People could get from place to place faster and safer

• Railroads were not important and did not improve life in Texas

Vaqueros are Spanish cowboys, they created open range cattle drive/herding.

• True

• False

What invention/tool made it possible to aquire more farming land because it ended the open range cattle drive?

• The plow

• Train/railroads

• Barbed Wire

• Tractor

What year was oil discovered in Spindletop Texas?

• 1901

• 1900

• 1899

• 1902

James Hogg fought to free the state of corruption, created the Texas Railroad Commission, was the Texas Attorney General and later elected Governor.

• True

• False

Urbanization is the creation and growth of cities; how did the lumber industry help make urbanization successful?

• The wood was sold to make a lot of money

• The wood was sold and used to help create business buildings along with homes and other facilities to grow city life

• Was used to create buildings in cities

The discovery of oil turned Texas into more of a Urban (city) state rather than a rural (country) state because many oil businesses were created in the cities which created more job opportunities leading to more people moving to the cities such as Houston and Dallas sparking urbanization.

• True

• False