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Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads Fun

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name

Class

Date

The company hired to build the first transcontinental railroad was the

Union Pacific Railroad

Northern Pacific Railroad

Santa Fe Railroad

Atchison & Topeka Railroad

Transcontinental railroads hired these two immigrant groups to do most of the construction. They were the

Chinese & Italians

Germans & Chinese

Irish & Chinese

Italians & Irish

Who investigated the practical use of electricity and invented a scientific light bulb?

Frederick Taylor

Andrew Carnegie

Thomas Edison

_______________ were created along the railroad with stores as it was being built.

Vigilantes

Boom towns

Nitro-glycerin

Comstock Lode

I am a former Texas Governor, Set up the Texas Railroad Commission Who am I?

Quanah Parker

Bose Ikard

James Hogg

Charles Goodnight

What role did railroads play in Texas’ economy?

Railroads brought very few people to Texas.

The trains were made to transport people only.

The railroads made it harder to transport goods to the East.

A way to transport good to market

* I was the last Comanche Chief*I was a son of a captured American women named Cynthia Ann

Lone Wolf

Big Bear

Quanah Parker

Peta Nocona

What helped cities boom in the late 1800s?

Cities grew with railroad expansion

American Indians removed to reservations

Cotton became the number one industry in Texas

Population in Texas dropped to the loud noise of the train

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

Union Pacific Railroad

Central Pacific Railroad

Missouri Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

10.

What developing mode of transportation made it easier for farmers to get produce to market in the late 1800s?

Airplane

Railroad

Automobile

Motorcycle

11.

What Texas industry experienced an economic BOOM as a result of the expanding railroads?

lumber

farming

ranching

ALL of these are correct answers

12.

What is the leading cash crop in the United States?

corn

cotton

rice

apples

13.

What type of weather does cotton grow best in?

dry

warm climates

stormy

cold and wet

14.

What can cotton be used to make?

towels

toilet paper

shoe strings

blankets

15.

What animal was prevalent in the early ranching period?

Cattle

Buffalo

Eagle

Horses

16.

Europeans breeded this animal in Texas?

Pitbull

Chicken

Shorthorns

Longhorns

17.

What dominated the Texas landscape after the civil war?

Gold

Slavery

Cotton and Cattle

Beans

18.

What trail ran From Texas to Abilene, Kansas?

Sedalia Trail

Western Trail

Chisholm Trail

Goodnight- Loving Trail

19.

What is an open range?

Private land that a few could use

Public land that anyone could use for grazing cattle

A range of land

20.

Ranchers branded their cattle to -

prevent cattle from gaining weight

help ranchers identify their cattle

keep the cattle from running away

prevent the cattle from getting diseases

21.

Which country brought cattle to Texas and the rest of the United States?

Spain

England

France

United States

22.

Which culture started the tradition of the cowboy?

Spanish/Mexicans

Anglos

French

Chinese

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Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads Fun

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

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