Cattle, Ranching and Railroads

What animal was prevalent in the early ranching period?

• Cattle

• Buffalo

• Eagle

• Horses

_______________ were created along the railroad with stores as it was being built.

• Vigilantes

• Boom towns

• Nitro-glycerin

• Comstock Lode

I am a former Texas Governor, Set up the Texas Railroad Commission Who am I?

• Quanah Parker

• Bose Ikard

• James Hogg

• Charles Goodnight

What role did railroads play in Texas’ economy?

• Railroads brought very few people to Texas.

• The trains were made to transport people only.

• The railroads made it harder to transport goods to the East.

• A way to transport good to market

What developing mode of transportation made it easier for farmers to get produce to market in the late 1800s?

• Airplane

• Railroad

• Automobile

• Motorcycle

What Texas industry experienced an economic BOOM as a result of the expanding railroads?

• lumber

• farming

• ranching

• ALL of these are correct answers

Europeans breeded this animal in Texas?

• Pitbull

• Chicken

• Shorthorns

• Longhorns

What dominated the Texas landscape after the civil war?

• Gold

• Slavery

• Cotton and Cattle

• Beans

What trail ran From Texas to Abilene, Kansas?

• Sedalia Trail

• Western Trail

• Chisholm Trail

• Goodnight- Loving Trail

What is an open range?

• Private land that a few could use

• Public land that anyone could use for grazing cattle

• A range of land