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WorksheetsCotton/Cattle/Railroads
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What technology made it possible to tap into underground water in aquifers?
a)
Barbed wire
b)
Railroads
c)
Windmill
d)
Branding Iron
2.
What effect did the following have on Texas:
-Steel Plow
-Barbed Wire
-Indians moved to reservations
-Increased access to railroad
-Steel Plow
-Barbed Wire
-Indians moved to reservations
-Increased access to railroad
a)
West Texas could now be farmed
b)
Farming in East TX suffered
c)
More immigrants came to TX
d)
Cattle ranching was no longer need
3.
I was the son of a white woman and Comanche father who led Native Americans against buffalo hunters at Adobe walls...
a)
Squatting Dog
b)
Chief Bieber
c)
Chief Satank
d)
Quannah Parker
4.
What was the main cause of the decline in cattle drives?
a)
Railroads expanded into Texas
b)
All the cows died
c)
Americans stopped eating meat
d)
People started eating more chicken
5.
General Philip Sheridan wanted to exterminate the buffalo because he believed...
a)
that Buffalo were ugly
b)
It would force the Native Americans onto the reservations
c)
the Buffalo were looking at him funny
d)
buffalo wings were delicious
6.
What is being described below:
- Lived exciting lives as heroes
- Were fearless and and worry free
- Roamed through beautiful landscapes
- Lived exciting lives as heroes
- Were fearless and and worry free
- Roamed through beautiful landscapes
a)
Myths of being a cowboy
b)
Cows
c)
Reality of being a cowboy
d)
Clifford the Big Red Dog
7.
What is being described below:
- Low Pay
- Boring/Dirty/Hard work
- Low Pay
- Boring/Dirty/Hard work
a)
Training a Buffalo to fetch
b)
Myths of being a cowboy
c)
Digging a hole to China
d)
Realities of being a cowboys
8.
What was a ranchers motivation for long cattle drives?
a)
Northerners were willing to pay more for cattle
b)
Ranchers got bored
c)
Ranchers were following the Native Americans
d)
Southerners would pay less for cattle
9.
What was the main difference between farming in East TX and West TX?
a)
East TX had a higher elevation
b)
West TX had limited amounts of water
c)
West TX was to cold to farm
d)
The direction in which crops were grown
10.
What caused the following:
- Disease spread
- Increase in crime
- Hospitals built
- Creation of fire and police forces
- Disease spread
- Increase in crime
- Hospitals built
- Creation of fire and police forces
a)
Rise in population
b)
Philly winning the Superbowl
c)
The extermination of the Buffalo
d)
John Wayne
11.
An increase in cattle being born led to...
a)
An increase in ranching and the cattle industry
b)
Disney Land opening in Oklahoma
c)
A decrease in rabbits
d)
Less steak per Texas
12.
Which nickname was given to the African-American regiments of the Army after the Civil War? They helped keep the peace among the American Indians.
a)
Buffalo Hunters
b)
Red River Rebels
c)
Buffalo Soldiers
d)
Screaming Eagles
13.
Which innovation was created for irrigation and to support farms and ranches in dry areas?
a)
urbanization
b)
cotton gin
c)
windmills
d)
barbed wire
14.
Who am I describing?
-son of a famous American women
-assimilated in the American culture
-last of the Comanche tribe
-son of a famous American women
-assimilated in the American culture
-last of the Comanche tribe
a)
Quanah Parker
b)
Denver Dan
c)
Billy the kid
d)
John Ireland
15.
The American Army defeated ___________ from west TX and sent them to reservations.
a)
Buffalo Soldiers
b)
Native Americans
c)
Herds of cats
d)
Worm farmers
16.
The term "white collar" refers to...
a)
a cows tail
b)
the Cowboys home uniforms
c)
cheap undershirts
d)
jobs that don't require physical labor
17.
If the supply of cotton is low and the demand is high. What happens to the price.
a)
It goes up
b)
It goes down
c)
It goes sideways
d)
It goes into a cave and lives underground for a while untill things cool down a little bit.
18.
What culture started the cattle industry in Texas?
a)
American
b)
English
c)
Mexican
d)
Spanish
19.
What is the Spanish term for cowboy?
a)
vaquero
b)
ranchero
c)
charro
d)
reata
20.
______ rented land to farm.
a)
drovers
b)
tenant farmers
c)
Oliver Loving
d)
wranglers
21.
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
22.
Which era are we talking about now?
a)
Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads
b)
Early Statehood
c)
Spanish Colonial
23.
All of the following were factors that fostered westward expansion into Texas EXCEPT
a)
land for farming and ranching
b)
growth of the railroads
c)
removal of American Indians
d)
failure of the cotton crops
24.
What term refers to "a period of great growth followed by sharp decline" which was seen in the oil industry in Texas.
a)
the "boom and bust" cycle
b)
the "high and low" cycle
c)
the "good and bad" cycle
d)
the "up and down" cycle
25.
What is one reason that the Galveston hurricane of 1900 was so devastating?
a)
the people of Galveston had no advance warning and no preparation
b)
the people of Galveston abandoned their homes in the days before the hurricane hit
c)
the government of Galveston was ineffective and couldn't handle what happened
d)
the walls that had been built weren't tall enough to withstand the hurricane
26.
What term refers to people who work in an office or other professional environment that doesn't require hard physical labor?
[hint: Dallas had a lot of these jobs in the early 1900s]
[hint: Dallas had a lot of these jobs in the early 1900s]
a)
white-collar
b)
blue-collar
c)
red-collar
d)
green-collar
27.
What women's issue does this cartoon best illustrate?
a)
women's voting rights
b)
women's health
c)
women's jobs
d)
women's equal pay
28.
What was the purpose of the Railroad Commission created by Governor James Hogg?
a)
To protect Texans from unfair business practices.
b)
To regulate the natural gas and Agriculture transportation.
c)
To regulate the oil and farming industry.
d)
To protect agricultural production from railroad damage.
29.
What was done in 1903 to protect Galveston Island from flooding caused by Hurricanes?
a)
Sand bars were dredged under water on the Coast of Galveston
b)
A hurricane warning system was installed in the city.
c)
A giant sea wall was constructed along side the Gulf beach.
d)
A new bridge was constructed to help emergency evacuation.
30.
Cows could be sold for much more money in the ____________.
a)
South
b)
North
31.
What caused rural Texas towns to become boomtowns?
a)
discovery of oil
b)
discovery of railroads
c)
cattle industry
d)
Windmills
32.
A person who drills for oil wells in areas not known to be oil fields
a)
wildcatters
b)
crazy
c)
gushermen
d)
oil tycoons
33.
Which amendment provided women with the right to vote in the US?
a)
15th
b)
18th
c)
19th
d)
17th
34.
A number of other towns near oil fields also became ________.
a)
derricks
b)
scrips
c)
boomtowns
35.
The _______-high towers that held the drilling equipment- were made of wood.
a)
derricks
b)
boomtown
c)
scrip
36.
Spindletop, Texas' first oil gusher, was located near what city?
a)
Dallas
b)
El Paso
c)
Beaumont
d)
Lubbock
37.
Oil was found at what location in 1901 near Beaumont, Texas?
a)
Spindlezop
b)
Stooplestop
c)
Spindletop
d)
Corsicana
38.
What year was Spindletop discovered?
a)
1900
b)
1901
c)
1914
d)
1920
39.
What is a boomtown?
a)
A town full of drummers
b)
A large town that slowly grew overnight
c)
A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity.
d)
The framework over an oil well.
40.
Humble Oil company would become which major oil company?
a)
Gulf Oil
b)
Exxon-Mobil
c)
Texaco Oil
d)
Lucas Oil
41.
At the beginning of the 20th century, _______________ sought to correct social and political problems.
a)
Suffrage
b)
Prohibition
c)
Progressivism
d)
Commission
42.
Which amendment gave women full voting rights?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
15th
d)
21st
43.
What era best describes TX in the early 20th century?
a)
Age of Oil Era
b)
Suffrage Era
c)
Great Depression & WWII Era
d)
Cotton, Cattle & Railroads
44.
Who was the Governor of Texas who created the Texas Railroad Commission as a way to regulate the railroads?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
James Hogg
c)
Quanah Parker
d)
George W. Bush
45.
Spindletop, Texas' first oil gusher, was located near what major city?
a)
Dallas
b)
El Paso
c)
Houston
d)
Lubbock
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