TX24 - CCR Review [20 Qs]

Who were the "buffalo soldiers"?

• Native American warriors who fought against the buffalo hunters

• Anglo American settlers who built towns and villages on the Texas frontier

• African American cavalry soldiers who protected the frontier in West Texas

• European immigrants who settled in Texas and joined the Plains culture group

Which area of Texas did the "buffalo soldiers" [African American cavalry] protect in the years after the Civil War?

• the frontier of West Texas

• the coastline near the Gulf of Mexico

• the forests of East Texas

• NONE of these are correct

Which THREE [3] of these items helped increase the population of West Texas?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT ANSWERS

• gold and silver mines

• expanding railroads

• successful cattle ranches

• the invention of windmills

• frequent rainfall

FACT: Expanding railroads and successful cattle ranches helped increase the population of West Texas.

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• Before the railroads spread throughout Texas, cattle drives would move cows from Texas to -

• beef markets in Mexico

• railroads in Missouri and Kansas

• boats parked at the port of Galveston

How did the expanding railroads effect the cattle industry in Texas?

• the railroads took up most of the land that ranchers needed for their cows

• railroads had no effect on the cattle industry, since trains were only used to move cotton

• the railroads caused damaging air and water pollution, which ended up harming the cows

• railroads provided a faster and cheaper way to move cattle to markets

How did the invention of barbed wire effect the cattle industry in Texas?

• barbed wire was used to brand the herds of cattle in order to show ownership

• barbed wire was a weapon used by cowboys to protect their cows on the long cattle drives

• barbed wire helped end the cattle drives and gave ranchers a cheap way to fence their land

• barbed wire allowed cattle ranchers to communicate with each other over long distances

Which Texas governor protected Texans from unfair business practices when he created the Texas Railroad Commission?

• Sam Houston

• James Hogg

• J. Pinckney Henderson

• Stephen Johnson

The TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION, created by Governor James Hogg, was established to -

• help connect the railroads of Texas with those in Mexico

• allow railroad companies to buy land directly from the Texas government

• protect Texans from unfair business practices

• increase the pay for all railroad engineers

What form of transportation from the 1800s did ALL of these things:

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• * could move large quantities of raw materials to markets

• * gave Texans fast, cheap, and reliable transportation

• * helped increase the population of West Texas

• * brought about an end to the cattle drives

• steamboats

• bicycles

• airplanes

• railroads

RAILROAD POSITIVES:

1 - fast, inexpensive, and reliable transportation

2 - efficient movement of raw materials [cotton and cattle]

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• RAILROAD NEGATIVES:

• 1 - ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

• 2 - ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

• new settlements built along rail lines

• too much air and noise pollution

• job opportunities for railroad workers

• railroads charging unfair prices