Texas Frontier Conflicts Quiz

What does "Supply & Demand" describe?

• The movement of people from rural to urban centers.

• The economic relationship between how much of a product there is and how much people want it.

• A large area of grazing land without fences or other barriers.

• Changing from a farming economy to one that focuses on factories and technology.

What does "Regulation" mean?

• A large area of grazing land without fences or other barriers.

• Laws or rules that control something.

• The economic relationship between supply and demand.

• Changing from a farming economy to one that focuses on factories and technology.

What is a mustang?

• A type of car

• A small and tough wild horse of the American West

• A type of bird

• A type of cattle

What is distribution?

• The process of making goods

• The process of supplying goods to other businesses

• The process of buying goods

• The process of storing goods

What was opened for settlement after the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• The U.S. frontier

• The Louisiana Territory

• The Oregon Trail

• The California Goldfields

Which state was specifically mentioned as receiving barbed wire in 1874?

• California

• Texas

• New York

• Florida

What year marks the perfection of barbed wire by Joseph Glidden?

• 1869

• 1874

• 1880

• 1895

Which year is associated with the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• 1849

• 1869

• 1874

• 1890

Where were many of the Native Americans sent to after they were removed from their own territories?

• Reservations

• Cities

• Forests

• Mountains

Who was the U.S. President responsible for the forced relocation of the Cherokee people?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington