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WorksheetsFrontier,Cattleand IndustryTest
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the significance of the Buffalo Soldier in Texas history?
They were Native Americans who fought with Texas during the Civil War.
They were African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier before the Civil War.
They were Anglo Americans who protected the Texas frontier before the Civil War.
They were Mexican Americans who guarded the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.
Which answer best describes how the Spanish vaqueros influenced the growth of Texas industry during the late 19th century ?
Assisted the growth of the cotton industry in Texas during the late 19th century.
Assisting the Texas settlers on their problems with Native Americans.
Passing on wisdom of cattle raising to Texas settlers during the late 19th century.
Responsible for the discovery of major oil fields in east Texas.
Joseph Gliddens invention of ________ had the greatest impact on settlement in the West.
Barbed Wire
Colt Revolver
Cotton Gin
Windmills
Widespread use of barbed wire, Windmills pumping water from underground,Railroad expansion across Texas.
Which of the following resulted from the causes listed above.
Increased use of the cattle trails to get cattle to market.
the development of the Wild West Shows.
The end of the Open Range era in Texas.
The end of cattle ranching in Texas.
How did the invention of the windmill help increase the population of West Texas?
It made drilling easier .
It generated electricity of communities.
Farmers and ranchers did not have to depend on sources of surface water.
Farmers and ranchers used them to predict the weather.
Cattle ranchers used windmills to suck water from underground sources. So...
many natural streams and springs dried up
many cattle died from drinking underground water.
many leaking water pipes caused flooding .
overgrazing of cattle caused West Texas to become useless.
During the later part of the 1800's which of the following was the greatest problem faced by cattle ranchers in Texas?
Rustlers
Cattle diseases
Flooding
Labor shortages
The technology of the windmill has changed over the last 100 years, scientists have figured out that ...
wind is renewable and can produce electricity.
advanced technology has caused less need for windmills.
advanced technology has caused electrical power to be more valuable than water.
we have always used windmills to bring oil to the surface of the Earth.
XIT, Matador, JA, King
All four of these are ...
cattle ranches in Texas
oil wells in Texas.
cattle trails in Texas.
railroads in Texas.
The purpose of the cattle ranchers branding their cattle was to -
sell them at market.
show other people that they owned a large ranch.
make a profit from the cattle.
show which cows they owned.
Law enforcement groups originally created by Stephen F. Austin that patrolled the frontier were called the ..
King's Army
Texas Rangers
Buffalo Soldiers
Confederate Army
Why did cattle ranchers in Texas "drive" cattle north to states like Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska ?
So they could transport their cattle to the markets in the North by railroad.
So they could trade their cattle with other cattle ranchers.
They were told they had to move their ranches out of Texas.
The weather was too cold in Texas to have ranches.
Boom towns experience a major increases , or boom , in population due to sudden rapid economic growth.
The discovery of which natural resource caused boom towns to appear in the early 1900's in East and West Texas.
Oil
Iron
Coal
Silver
Which region of Texas saw the development of lumber mills and company towns at he beginning of the 20th century?
Coastal Plains
Great Plains
North Central Plains
Mountains and Basins
So much oil was pumped that it "flooded" the market. Texas and the U.S. had fallen into the Great Depression. As a result, the bottom fell out of oil prices. Oil that had been selling for more than a dollar a barrel in 1930 fell to 8 cents per barrel by 1931. To control prices, the Texas and U.S. governments set limits on production.
Which of the following described the economic trend described above.
Scarcity
Industrailization
Boom and Bust Business Cycle
Urbanization
The artifacts above are mostly used for ...
a secret code between ranchers.
the identification of farming products.
advertisement of sporting apparel.
marking ownership of free range cattle.
Why does the Chisholm trail end in Abilene,Kansas?
Cattle markets developed near the railroads.
Texas longhorns could not survive north of Dodge City.
It was at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
The markets in Abilene paid the most per head of cattle.
What was the most significant result of Spindletop?
It restricted the number of jobs available in the oil industry.
It increased the lumber needed to build oil derricks.
It created a safe and clean environment in the Texas oil industry.
It provided a new source of inexpensive,efficient fuel , which changed the future of transportation and industry.
Transportation grew, more cars and highways, Plenty of fuel, Extra money paid for new schools and museums, asphalt and synthetic rubber industry grew.
What caused the economic and cultural results shown above?
Aerospace Industry
The Texas Oil Boom
The Development of Commercial Agriculture.
Reconstruction
