WorksheetsTX History: Closing of the Frontier & the Age of Oil
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is one difference between the Populists & the Progressives?
Only Progressives wanted labor reform
Progressives were a political party while Populists were a social movement
Only Populists wanted labor reform
Progressives were a social movement while Populists were a political party
Name given by the Plains Indians for African-American soldiers serving on the frontier after the Civil War
Buffalo Soldiers
Union Soldiers
Confederate Soldiers
Soldiers
Who was the last chief of the Comanche?
Peta Nacona
Geronimo
Quanah Parker
Sitting Bull
Which treaty was signed between the U.S. Government and the Plains Indians, in which the U.S. offered food, supplies, and reservations, so long as the Indians stopped fighting and moved to Indian Territory?
Treaty of Velasco
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Medicine Lodge Treaty
How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?
The demand for beef in the North brought rapid growth to the cattle industry
Land used for cattle grazing was destroyed during the war
Farmers moved west to find land for grazing
The Confederacy's loss brought many cowboys into ranching
A constant challenge cowboys faced on cattle drives were...
Thunderstorms
Stampedes
Outlaws
Rattle snakes
Spanish word for cowboy
Hacienda
Chico
Vaquero
Hola!
Which of the following is a negative effect of the growth of railroads in Texas and the Great Plains?
Ranchers could get cattle to markets easier.
Railroads brought buffalo hunters who killed the animals by the thousands from the windows of the railroad cars.
Cities such as Dallas could grow because they had better opportunities for transportation.
Railroads made trade of such goods as farm products faster and expanded markets for farmers.
Range Wars in the late 1800s were caused by--
Sharecropping
Ranchers fencing off their land with barbed wire
Immigrants moving to Texas
Railroads being built on Native American land
Texas legislature responded to the range wars by --
siding with the farmers
reopening the frontier
making it a felony to cut a fence
siding with the ranchers
Governor James Hogg worked to protect Texans from unfair business practice was by-
prosecuting corrupt leaders in the oil industry
supporting the creation of the Texas Railroad Commission
working to bring an end to the range wars in West Texas
signing legislation that established the Attorney General’s office
Why did Cowboys oppose the use of barbed wire?
limited access to game
was an expensive item to use
limited the open range
was difficult to obtain
When is your CFA?
Tomorrow
mañana
Friday
March 8
-son of a famous American women
-assimilated in the American culture
-last of the Comanche tribe
Identify from the following which events most characterized society in Texas from 1860-1890.
Independence from Mexico
Women and African Americans fighting for Civil Rights
Cattle Drives and Wars with American Indian Tribes
Drilling for oil and developing an export economy
In 1901 what resource was discovered at Spindletop?
Railways
Water
Cattle
Oil
The Populist political movement in Texas was concerned primarily with the following
regulating railroads
protecting agricultural workers
protecting factory workers
finding jobs for women
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 resulted in the development of city or municipal governments. This newly formed government was allowed by the state of Texas to raise money to
find a cheaper water supply
create new recreational facilities
build a bridge to connect islands with the mainland
construct a seawall to protect from further hurricanes
A characteristic of Texas during the Age of Oil was
growth of cattle drives
job opportunities declined
growth of urban areas
industrialization began to decline
What did the following have in common:
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Johnson Williams
Bose Ikard
Oliver Loving
Maria del Carmen Calvillo
Charles Goodnight?
Women's Suffrage Workers
Outlaws
Cowboys
Governors
What led to greater amounts of crops being produced in agricultural and eventually more crops were supplied than demanded causing prices to drop?
Inventions
Sharecroppers
Tax Cuts
War
Before the use of barbed wire for fencing, what did Texans try?
Fire & Water
Man Power & Technology
Natural Landmarks & Rivers
Natural Hedges & Smooth Wire
When was oil discovered at Spindletop?
1890
1900
1901
1920
What did LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) try to do?
Get illegal immigrants sent home
Get rights for Spanish-speaking people
Get Latin Americans citizens into universities
Keep Latin Americans citizens from being drafted
Place the following in the correct sequential order.
WWI
Prohibition Ends
Galveston Hurricane
Women's Suffrage Amendment
Prohibition Ends
WWI
Women's Suffrage Amendment
Galveston Hurricane
Galveston Hurricane
Women's Suffrage Amendment
Prohibition Ends
WWI
Galveston Hurricane
WWI
Women's Suffrage Ends
Prohibition Ends
Which candidate did the Texas Farmer's Union, Farmer's Alliance, and the Grange support?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Hogg
Francis Lubbock
Theodore Roosevelt
What is a period of great profits followed by a downward trend, later followed by an upward trend known as?
Stock Market Cycle
Boom & Bust Cycle
Industrialization Cycle
Real Estate Cycle
Which of the following is something the Progressive Party did NOT want?
Less regulations on manufacturers
More regulations on manufacturers
Privately owned manufacturers
Publicly owned manufacturers
Technological innovations, such as the rotary drill, helped to expand what industry?
Railroad
Agriculture
Gas
Oil
