TX24 - CCR Part 2

What "nickname" was given to this group of African American cavalry soldiers who protected the frontier of West Texas and fought against the Native Americans.

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"Sharecropper Soldiers"

"Freedmen Fighters"

"Texas Rangers"

"Buffalo Soldiers"

Throughout the late 1800s, the railroad continued to slowly expand into West Texas.

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• QUESTION: (1) Explain how the slowly expanding railroad will affect the population of West Texas AND (2) explain how it will affect the economy of West Texas.

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The slowly expanding ​ (a)   will bring an end to the ​ (b)   which moved thousands of cows from ​ (c)   to rail lines in ​ (d)   . As a result, hundreds of hard-working ​ (e)   will have to find jobs elsewhere.

• railroads
• cattle drives
• Texas
• Missouri and Kansas
• cowboys

Read the information provided.

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• According to the passage, what is the name of the agency created by Governor Hogg that helped protect Texans from unfair business practices?

• The Watch Group

• the Texas Railroad Commission

• the Better Business Bureau

• the Honorable Hoggs

All of these are TRUE statements about the expanding railroads.

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• Which THREE [3] of these answers are positive effects that the expanding railroads had on Texas?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT ANSWERS

• ranchers and farmers could move their goods faster and in greater quantities

• land that could have been used for farming or ranching was taken up by the railroad companies

• citizens had fast, reliable transportation

• burning the coal to run the railroad engines caused air pollution

• all areas of the Texas economy improved with the railroads speeding up the movement of goods

Look at the map provided.

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• Based on this map, which area of Texas is the LEAST populated? [hint: this area is mostly large farms and ranches, with people living far apart from each other]

• South Texas

• East Texas

• West Texas

• NONE OF THESE ARE CORRECT

Look at the map provided. This map shows what the land of Texas looks like from above.

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• Why is the western half of Texas so dry and unable to support much farming during the 1800s?

• because it is so close to the mountains

• because it is so far from the Gulf of Mexico

• because New Mexico blocks all of the rivers from flowing into Texas

• because it sells most of its water to Mexico

In the 1880s, an invention called ​ (a)   was used to create cheap ​ (b)   that could keep ​ (c)   in or out of certain areas. Combined with the expanding ​ (d)   , this invention helped bring an end to the ​ (e)   .

• barbed wire
• fencing
• animals
• railroads
• cattle drives

IMPORTANT INVENTIONS OF THE 1800s

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Put each item into the correct category. When completed, there should be TWO [2] items in each category.

Groups:

(a) six-shot revolver

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(b) barbed wire

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(c) windmills

• weapon that led to the end of the Plains Indian culture

• mostly used in fencing, to keep animals in or out of areas

• often used by U.S. soldiers and the Texas Rangers

• machine that pumps water up from underground sources

• used to help irrigate farms and ranches in dry areas

• brought an end to the cattle drives

READ the passage provided. Then answer the question.

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According to the passage, after the natural fences didn't work, "barbed wire" was invented. Which people were helped by the invention of "barbed wire"?

• U.S. Army soldiers

• the Texas Rangers

• hunters and fishermen

• plains ranchers and farmers