WorksheetsUnit 7: Texas Frontier
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 22mins
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.
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.
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
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
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.
What factor contributed to the expansion of the cattle industry in Texas?
restless farmers
increasing demand for beef
Native Americans
barbed wire
What inventions changed West Texas after the Civil War and encouraged settlement in the west?
Cars and planes
Books and water bottles
cell phones and laptops
Windmills, barbed wire, and railroads
An undeveloped area, wilderness
Desert
Frontier
Valley
City
What was the name given to the African American soldiers who served in West Texas against the Native Americans after the Civil War?
Cattle Soldiers
Camel Soldiers
Buffalo Soldier
Western Soldiers
The main reason for the population increase in the West between 1870-1890 was
Immigration from Europe
Better health care
Natives being forced onto reservations
Cheap Land
What was the name of the Treaty the U.S. government wanted to make with the Native Americans to force them onto Indian Reservations?
The Treaty of the Rio United
The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
The Texas ______ was a breed of cattle descended from Spanish cattle that had been brought to Mexico two centruies earlier.
Virginia City
boomtowns
the federal government
longhorn
prospectors
The Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, and Morrill Land Grant Act all
encouraged settlement of the West by the American government
gave land in Kansas to African Americans willing to settle and farm it
promoted slavery in new territories
gave 160 acres of land to Native American families
The Homestead Act required people to farm on land for _____ years to get _______ acres for free.
10 years, 50 acres
1 year, 80 acres
7 years, 180 acres
5 years, 160 acres
What did the cattle drive cook use for transportation
Chuck Wagon
Covered Wagon
Jeep Wagon
Refrigerated Wagon
What animal did the Indian tribes mostly hunt?
Longhorns
Deer
Buffalo
Rabbits
