WorksheetsChapter 19 Ranching and Cotton
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Public land that could be used by anyone raising cattle
a)
closed range
b)
syndicates
c)
open range
d)
mission range
2.
This woman and her son-in-law made their ranch a very successful organization
a)
Margaret Borland
b)
Henrietta King
3.
Who created barbed-wire?
a)
James White
b)
Joseph Glidden
c)
Richard Kleberg
d)
Joseph McCoy
4.
What was the important crop after the Civil War?
a)
wheat
b)
sorghum
c)
cotton
d)
corn
5.
The longhorn was immune to
a)
work
b)
school
c)
Texas fever
d)
Spanish fever
6.
What was the result of railroads moving into Texas?
a)
end of ranching industry
b)
sheep ranching became more popular
c)
end of the cattle drives
d)
Texas fever
7.
Where did Joseph G. McCoy build the first cow town?
a)
Abilene, Kansas
b)
Abilene, Texas
c)
Dodge City, Kansas
d)
Ft. Worth, TX
8.
Which ranch was bought by investors to provide money to rebuild the capitol?
a)
XIT Ranch
b)
6666 Ranch
c)
Matador Ranch
d)
JA Ranch
9.
What problem threatened to end the cattle drives?
a)
people not wanting to eat beef
b)
the rise of poultry farms
c)
development of huge, fenced ranches
d)
cowboys went on strike
10.
What led to the end of the cattle drives?
a)
Indian raids
b)
falling beef prices and closing the open range
c)
cowboys not wanting to go on trail drives
d)
sheep ranches
11.
Before going to bed, the Cooise pointed what toward the North Star?
a)
wagon wheels
b)
cast iron pots
c)
wagon tongue
d)
chicken coop
12.
Which statement is true about cowboys?
a)
they were Mexican Americans and African Americans
b)
worked on cattle drives year around
c)
worked just for the good pay
d)
liked riding drag on the trip
13.
What made farming difficult in West Texas?
a)
too far from civilization
b)
did not have enough slaves to work the land
c)
had to deal with limited water resources
d)
would not use dry farming techniques
14.
Why did the cattle trails run north and south?
a)
They liked Yankees
b)
to reach the railroads
c)
it was better for winter and summer
d)
easier to avoid Indians
15.
Cattle ranches owned by Mexican Americans were mainly located where
a)
West Texas
b)
East Texas
c)
North Texas
d)
South Texas
16.
King and Kenedy were the first to
a)
build windmills
b)
build fences
c)
hire African Americans
d)
opened meatpacking stores
17.
What was one reason for expansion of ranching in Texas?
a)
Indians were moved to reservations
b)
Easterners wanted a new job
c)
ranchers wanted to raise bison
d)
searching for new means of income
18.
A sharecropper
a)
rents his land
b)
rents the land and equipment and has to be given seeds
c)
wants to share his land
d)
shares the work on the farm
19.
The tenant farmers were made up mainly of
a)
Mexicans
b)
Africans Americans
c)
Gold diggers
d)
Southerners
20.
How did refrigeration change the cattle industry?
a)
led to more cattle trails
b)
opened up the meatpacking industry
c)
closed Sedalia Trail
d)
increased stockyarads
21.
Which woman drove her own cattle up the Chisholm Trail?
a)
Elizabeth Johnson williams
b)
Henrietta King
c)
Molly Goodnight
d)
Margaret Borland
22.
Maggots help to
a)
cleanse a wound
b)
make gangrene start faster
c)
spread disease
d)
grow flies
23.
Why did sharecropping begin
a)
It was the result of Reconstruction
b)
It could include more people
c)
Small farmers didn't have money for land, tools, seeds
d)
It was a way to get out of poverty
24.
What was one reason for the decline of the open range?
a)
barbed wire and windmills
b)
refrigeration
c)
fighting between ranches and farmers
d)
sheep ranching
25.
What happened to the cattle industry between the Gold Rush and the Civil War?
a)
declined
b)
boomed
c)
went back to Anglo American ranching technique
d)
the cows were too lazy
26.
You read a cattle brand
a)
down to up
b)
outside to inside
c)
right to left
d)
anyway you want
27.
Why did the farmers use dry farming?
a)
cheap land in West Texas
b)
too much rain in East Texas
c)
increased the price of rice in the North
d)
dry farming brought about new crops
28.
A group of investors are called
a)
buyers
b)
syndicate
c)
privateers
d)
shoppers
29.
Why did cattle drives begin in Texas?
a)
Cowboys needed work
b)
Not enough food to eat in Texas
c)
price of beef was low in Texas but high in other parts of the US
d)
the trails were good tourist traps
30.
What happened to the Texas cattle industry between the California Gold Rush and the end of the Civil War?
a)
The cattle industry boomed in those years.
b)
The cattle industry declined in those years.
c)
Ranchers first began driving cattle to rail heads.
d)
the Spanish perfected the ranching techniques
31.
What was the benefit of the Civil War to the Texas cattle industry?
a)
Texas won more land to ranch
b)
it allowed cattle to breed and grow in numbers
c)
Texas stole cattle from the North
d)
the number of cattle decreased in Texas
32.
What was the cattle drive position from the 2 cowboys in front?
a)
flank
b)
drag
c)
swing
d)
point
33.
Who took care of the extra horses on the cattle trail?
a)
wranglers
b)
drags
c)
drovers
34.
Who moved the livestock from one place to another?
a)
drovers
b)
tasinques
c)
farmers
d)
chuck wagon boss
35.
What did Kansas do to the Texas longhorn when Texas fever returned?
a)
vaccinated them
b)
exterminated them
c)
quarrantined them
36.
Who invented barbed wire?
a)
Richard King
b)
Oliver Loving
c)
Joseph Glidden
d)
Joseph McCoy
37.
What is the name of the cattle trail from Texas to Wyoming?
a)
Chisholm Trail
b)
Goodnight-Loving Trail
c)
Shawnee Trail
d)
Western Trail
38.
Which invention was one of the causes of the decline of the cattle drives?
a)
refrigeration
b)
barbed wire
c)
telegraph
d)
television
39.
What was promised in exchange for the XIT Ranch?
a)
20,000 longhorns
b)
The building of the State Capital
c)
a promise to pay the government back
d)
a promise to push the Indians out of Texas
40.
______ rented land to farm.
a)
drovers
b)
tenant farmers
c)
Oliver Loving
d)
wranglers
41.
This is a new method of farming used by farmers in the Panhandle and West Texas.
a)
Dry Farming
b)
tasinques
c)
irrigation systems
d)
tenant farmers
42.
When farmers left a field fallow, it meant_____.
a)
they sold the farm
b)
they burned the field, in order to grow new crops
c)
spraying pesticides to get rid of insects
d)
left unplanted for one or more growing season
43.
Where did the cattle trails have to lead to in order to transport the cattle to eastern markets?
a)
rivers
b)
railroad connections
c)
forts
d)
eastward direction
44.
Which explains a change in lifestyle of American Indian tribes after the Civil War?
a)
Many tribes experienced drought and famine.
b)
Many tribes moved westward to find buffalo.
c)
Tribes were removed to reservations.
d)
Tribes farmed after buffalo herds disappeared.
45.
How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?
a)
The demand for beef in the East brought rapid growth.
b)
Farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing.
c)
Much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war.
d)
The loss in the Confederacy brought many cowboys to Texas.
46.
What was the reason for the invention of Barbed wire?
a)
Needed to keep pigs in pens
b)
Use of natural fences in the past
c)
earlier inventors of fence influence
d)
drawings created by Indians
47.
Which of the cattle trails began before the civil war ended?
a)
Shawnee Trail
b)
Western Trail
c)
Goodnight-Loving Trail
d)
Chisolm Trail
48.
What reality did cowboys face on their long cattle drives north?
a)
Possible Stampedes
b)
surprise attacks by Indians
c)
criminals and bullies
d)
Natural disaster
49.
Cattle ranching was adopted and practiced first by the _______ then brought later into Texas?
a)
French
b)
British
c)
Spanish
d)
Dutch
50.
After the Gold Rush and in the middle of the Civil War, what happened to the cattle industry?
a)
declined
b)
increased dramatically
c)
no change
d)
remained steady
51.
What was the major reason for the decline of the open range in Texas in the late 1800’s?
a)
Cattle getting Texas Fever
b)
Indians invaded
c)
barbed wire was introduced
d)
ranchers branded their cattle
52.
A ____________ is a farmer who in exchange for labor, is provided with seed, tools, living quarters and food and receives a share of the value of the crop?
a)
tenant farmer
b)
slave
c)
sharecropper
d)
delegate
53.
Which of the following is true of a tenant farmer
a)
a. Tenant farmers were typically supposed to provide the labor, seed, tools, and work animals while the landowner provided the land.
b)
Tenant farmers worked on their own land and had to give their crops to government
c)
Tenant farmers worked on land for a share of the crop.
d)
a. Tenant farmers were able to save enough money to buy their own land.
54.
Tenant Means:
a)
To own
b)
To Rent
c)
To Buy
d)
To Give Up
55.
Sharecropping:
a)
Where someone rents the land
b)
Where someone borrows everything, and shares crops as payment
c)
Increased commercial farming
d)
A very successful way to farm
56.
This style of farming caused a cycle of debt a never able to really get ahead.
a)
tenant
b)
subsistence
c)
sharecropping
d)
commercial
57.
leader the cattle drive?
a)
Chuck Wagon
b)
Point
c)
Trail boss
d)
Flank
58.
leader the cattle drive?
a)
Chuck Wagon
b)
Point
c)
Trail boss
d)
Flank
59.
What is Joseph Glidden famous for?
a)
starting cattle drives
b)
inventing the cattle brand
c)
inventing barbed wire
60.
What did ranchers use to tell the difference between their cattle?
a)
brands
b)
collars
c)
fences
61.
Why were settlers attracted to the land in West Texas in the late 1800s?
a)
Large amounts of gold had been found
b)
Wild cattle in West Texas were easy to domesticate
c)
It opened trade routes with Mexico
d)
Cheap land was readily available
62.
Which of these questions can be answered using ONLY this map?
a)
Which cattle trail went through New Mexico and Colorado?
b)
How much money could cattle drovers make on a cattle drive?
c)
Why were cattle moved out of Texas and into other states?
d)
Which cattle trail was the first one developed?
63.
Which of these terms describes "public land that could be used by anyone, usually for raising cattle"?
a)
open range
b)
state tribute
c)
federal system
d)
landform reservation
64.
Myth - it was an exciting life filled with adventure and beautiful scenery
Reality - it was a job that provided little pay and was often boring, physically difficult, and dirty
Who is being described?
Reality - it was a job that provided little pay and was often boring, physically difficult, and dirty
Who is being described?
a)
Cowboys
b)
Cattle Rustlers
c)
Texas Rangers
d)
Buffalo Soldiers
65.
How did windmills help turn thousands of desolate acres into productive land for cattle, farms, and towns in the 1800's?
a)
windmills pumped water from underground sources for animals and crops
b)
windmills showed settlers how hard the wind was blowing on certain days
c)
windmills were historical sites that brought thousands of tourists every year
d)
windmills provided electricity to dozens of homes, farms, and towns in Texas
66.
Who moved the livestock from one place to another?
a)
drovers
b)
tasinques
c)
farmers
d)
chuck wagon boss
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