Pre Test: Cotton, Cattle, & Railroads

Cattle drives and ranching were year-round jobs for who?

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Farmers

• Indians

• Cowboys

Bad weather, cattle rustlers, Indians, and stampedes are all causes of what?

• Dangers on an oil rig

• Dangers during the battle of the Alamo

• Dangers on a Cattle Drive

• Dangers of farming

Last chief of the Comanche, mother's name was Cynthia, he led raids against Buffalo hunters.

• Sitting Bull

• James Hogg

• Quanah Parker

• Buffalo Bill

Identify the invention in the image. This invention helped to close off the open range making cattle drives dangerous and contributing to the Open Range War.

• Barbed Wire

• Wooden Fence

• Metal Fence

• Wooden Post

Barbed wire helped close off most of the western frontier, as a result, farmers and ranchers engaged in....

• Peace Talks

• Range Wars

• Elections

• Celebrations

Which country brought cattle to Texas and the rest of the United States?

• Spain

• England

• France

• United States

"Buffalo Soldiers" were African American soldiers who were given their nickname by who?

• Tejanos

• Native American Tribes

• American Soldiers

• Mexican Citizens

He was the first Native Governor of Texas, and he reformed the railroads.

• James Hogg

• Sam Houston

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

After the Civil War and Red River War, why did farmers and ranchers move to west Texas?

• To grow cotton in the Mountains and Basins Region

• To find gold in Texas

• To take back the Texas Republic from the United States

• To take advantage of profitable grazing land in the Texas Panhandle

The Buffalo Soldiers were --

• brave Comanche warriors who raided Texan settlements

• African-American troops who guarded the Texas frontier

• settlers who hunted buffalo on Native American lands

• members of the Confederate militia