Cotton, Cattle, & Railroads

What word is associated with assimilate?

• Conform

• Ignore

• Fail

• misunderstand

What was the reason for the invention of Barbed wire?

• Needed to keep pigs in pens
• Use of natural fences in the past 
• earlier inventors of fence influence
• drawings created by Indians

 What reality did cowboys face on their long cattle drives north?

• Possible Stampedes
• surprise attacks by Indians
• criminals and bullies
• Natural disaster

Which of the following explains a change in lifestyle of American Indian tribes in Texas, after the Civil War in 1865? 

• Many tribes experienced drought and famine
• Tribes were removed to reservations
• Tribes switched to farming after the buffalo herds disappeared
• Many tribes moved eastward to find buffalo

Which explains a change in lifestyle of American Indian tribes after the Civil War?

• Many tribes experienced drought and famine.
• Many tribes moved westward to find buffalo.
• Tribes were removed to reservations.
• Tribes farmed after buffalo herds disappeared.

Spanish for Cowboy

After the Civil War the supply of beef was very low in Northern states.  What will happen to the price of Texas cattle if they could be sold up North?

• Price will increase
• Price will decrease
• Price will stay the same

All of the following were factors that fostered westward expansion into Texas EXCEPT

•  land for farming and ranching
• growth of the railroads
• removal of American Indians
• failure of the cotton crops

Which of the following factors was MOST effective in preventing the settlement of West Texas?

• distance

• hot temperatures

• poor, rocky soil

• Native American attacks

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