Ch. 8 Lesson 4: Growth of the Southwest

Why did Texas and Mexico have a war?

• Texas wanted to break away from Mexico.

• A dispute over fishing rights in the Gulf of Mexico

• They disagreed about religion.

• Texas wanted to become part of Canada

Who won the Battle of Alamo, but eventually lost the war?

• Texas

• Arizona

• Mexico

• Oklahoma

As settlers and immigrants from Europe came to the Southwest, what happened to the Native Americans?

• they were forced to move on reservations like in "The Long Walk"

• they lived together in harmony

• they established rules and laws together

• they weren't impacted at all

What do all the cattle trail routes have in common?

• They go East and West.

• They lead to the railroad line.

• They are completely random.

• They travel all the way to Indiana.

Texas is called​ (a)   because ranchers raised cattle to supply ​ (b)   to ​ (c)   . Ranchers went on ​ (d)   to bring cows to the ​ (e)   . The cows then went to meat-packing plants in Chicago and Kansas City on the railroad.

• cattle country
• beef
• meat-packing plants
• cattle drives
• railroads

Why did the days of cattle drives come to an end?

• People had homesteads and fences were built so cattle couldn't graze or travel.

• More railroad lines were built in the Southwest.

• More settlers moved to the region.

• All of these are correct.

Anthony Lucas, a mining engineer, was drilling and caused a ​ (a)   . This discovery started the billion dollar ​ (b)   industry in Texas.

• gusher
• oil

While Texas has more farms than any other state, it also has many metropolitan areas, or cities. Why do people come to the Southwest?

• High-tech industries and medical centers

• service industry

• "snow birds" and people who seek the warmer weather

• to retire

• all of these are reasons