WorksheetsCotton, Cattle and Railroad
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Identify the invention in the image. This invention helped to close off the open range making cattle drives dangerous and contributing to the Open Range War.
Barbed Wire
Wooden Fence
Metal Fence
Wooden Post
Which country brought cattle to Texas and the rest of the United States?
Spain
England
France
United States
Under the Texas Legal system, it's a felony to do what?
Be nice to Farmers
Paint a cow different colors
Be nice to Ranchers
Cut a barbed wire fence
What two cultures helped build the railroads of the United States?
Indians and Mexicans
Mexicans and French
Chinese and Irish
English and Spanish
"Buffalo Soldiers" were African American soldiers who were given their nickname by who?
Tejanos
Native American Tribes
American Soldiers
Mexican Citizens
He was the first Native Governor of Texas, and he reformed the railroads.
James Hogg
Sam Houston
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
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
The Buffalo Soldiers were --
brave Comanche warriors who raided Texan settlements
African-American troops who guarded the Texas frontier
settlers who hunted buffalo on Native American lands
members of the Confederate militia
Pete Nacona
Iron Jacket
Cynthia Ann Parker
Quanah Parker
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
Most Indians join the U.S. Army
Indians were displaced & forced to move onto Reservations
Most moved to Canada
Indians became cowboys & joined the cattle drives
-Son of an American women captured by the Comanches
-My tribe roamed West Texas
-I eventually assimilated into American culture and influenced other American Indians to do so
Who am I?
Iron Jacket
Quanah Parker
John Wallace
Peta Nocona
What trail ran From Texas to Abilene, Kansas?
Sedalia Trail
Western Trail
Chisholm Trail
Goodnight- Loving Trail
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
Who invented barbed wire in 1873?
Joseph F. Glidden
Robert E. Lee
Charles Goodnight
John Ireland
Suffrage means the right to vote?
True
False
What farmer's organization whose goals was to help farmers?
Farming Community
Grange
Farmer's Organization
Farmers Alliance
The largest ranch in Texas [with more than 3 million acres] was the -
King Ranch in South Texas
Shoe Bar Ranch in West Texas
JA Ranch in East Texas
XIT Ranch in North Texas
The Spanish word vaquero refers to a —
cowboy
mayor
sheriff
soldier
subsistence farming
continuation farming
tenant farming
pay-to-go farming
