WorksheetsUnit 8-Ch. 19 Cattle & Cotton
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Who promoted the railroad transport of cattle when Missouri wanted to ban the Texas longhorn from crossing its borders?
a)
Oliver Loving
b)
Joseph Glidden
c)
Richad King
d)
Joseph McCoy
3.
What culture started the cattle industry in Texas?
a)
American
b)
English
c)
Mexican
d)
Spanish
4.
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
5.
What was the cattle drive position from the 2 cowboys in front?
a)
flank
b)
drag
c)
swing
d)
point
6.
What is the Spanish term for cowboy?
a)
vaquero
b)
ranchero
c)
charro
d)
reata
7.
Who took care of the extra horses on the cattle trail?
a)
wranglers
b)
drags
c)
drovers
8.
Who moved the livestock from one place to another?
a)
drovers
b)
tasinques
c)
farmers
d)
chuck wagon boss
9.
What did Kansas do to the Texas longhorn when Texas fever returned?
a)
vaccinated them
b)
exterminated them
c)
quarrantined them
10.
Who invented barbed wire?
a)
Richard King
b)
Oliver Loving
c)
Joseph Glidden
d)
Joseph McCoy
11.
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
12.
Refrigerated rail cars led to an increase in the meat packing industries.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Which invention was one of the causes of the decline of the cattle drives?
a)
refrigeration
b)
barbed wire
c)
telegraph
d)
television
14.
Ranchers raised all the following livestock in Texas except
a)
cattle
b)
goats
c)
sheep
d)
buffalo
15.
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
16.
What is the largest ranch in Texas during the second half of the 1800s?
a)
XIT Ranch
b)
King Ranch
c)
JA Ranch
d)
Matador Ranch
17.
______ rented land to farm.
a)
drovers
b)
tenant farmers
c)
Oliver Loving
d)
wranglers
18.
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
19.
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
20.
Rachero is the __________ word for "rancher"
a)
English
b)
Spanish
c)
German
21.
Public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle is called
a)
range over
b)
free range
c)
open range
22.
What is it called when cattle are moved to a stockyard or a market?
a)
Drive
b)
Traveled
c)
Movement
23.
A stockyard is a place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered or shipped elsewhere.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
24.
Native Americans in Indian Territory began charging grazing ______ for crossing their reservation lands. Insert the best word:
a)
papers
b)
fees
c)
coins
25.
A tenant farmer is a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of the crop.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
26.
A farmer who in exchange for labor is provided with seed, tools, living quarters, and food and receives a share of the crop.
a)
twin helper
b)
sharecropper
c)
share holder
27.
Name the largest ranch found in Texas?
a)
JA Ranch
b)
XIT Ranch
c)
Matador Ranch
d)
King Ranch
28.
What was the King agricultural crop in Texas between the end of the Civil War and 1900?
a)
wheat
b)
barley
c)
cotton
d)
sugarcane
29.
The rise of ________ made transportation easier during this era?
a)
horses
b)
railroads
c)
chuck wagons
d)
banks
30.
A _____ _______ is someone who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or shares of the crop
a)
tenant farmer
b)
sharecropper
c)
indentured servant
d)
endangered species
31.
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
32.
What was the first cattle trail used?
a)
Shawnee
b)
Chisholm
c)
Western
d)
Goodnight-Loving
33.
Which nickname was given to the African-American regiments of the Army after the Civil War?
a)
Buffalo Hunters
b)
Red River Rebels
c)
Buffalo Soldiers
d)
Screaming Eagles
34.
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.
35.
Why did ranching develop in West Texas instead of farming?
a)
Water Resources were scarce
b)
Lack of railroads
c)
Politics
d)
Oil was discovered in West Texas
36.
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
37.
What region were most cotton plantations at in Texas?
a)
North Central
b)
Great Plains
c)
Mts. & Basins
d)
Coastal Plains
38.
When ranchers fenced off their land with barbed wire, what was the result?
a)
It caused range wars
b)
It closed the open frontier
c)
It ended the cattle drives
d)
All of the choices
39.
What were windmills used for in the late 1800s?
a)
Electricity
b)
Good looks
c)
Wind direction guide
d)
Irrigation system
40.
The longhorn was immune to
a)
work
b)
school
c)
Texas fever
d)
Spanish fever
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