WorksheetsUNIT 12 REVIEW
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who brought cattle to TX?
Native Americans
Spaniards
Tejanos
Mexicans
Why did cattle drivers brand their cattle
to hurt them
to keep track of their cattle they owned
for the government to keep track of all the cows
Why was it important for Texas ranchers to find a way to get their cattle to cities in the Northeast?
Because there were no railways connecting Texas with the Northeast
Because the supply of cattle in the South was becoming too great for ranchers to handle
Because demand for cattle in the Northeast meant high profits for ranchers
Why did cattle drives start?
there were no railroads to transport cattle up North
they needed quick $$$
Because Mexico had a shortage of cattle and was willing to pay $60 a head
What was life for a cowboy actually like, what did they have to deal with?
death
stampedes
Indian raids
floods
all of the above
Who established the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon, one of the first ranches in the Texas Panhandle?
Charles Goodnight and John Adair
Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving
Richard King and Henrietta King
Richard King and Gideon Lewis
Which of the following were the 2 reasons the cattle drives ended?
There were no cattle left to sell in Texas
Railroads came to Texas
Vaqueros found new jobs in Kansas
The invention of barbed wire
Barbed wire inventor
Joseph Glidden
John Deere
Margaret Borland
railroad that runs all across the US
transcontinental railroad
Underground Railroad
The arrival of rail lines in Texas was important to farmers mainly because it allowed them to ship goods...
quickly
less expensively
quickly and less expensively
safely
How did the Texas legislature help to pay for railroad construction in Texas?
by raising taxes
by raising land prices
by passing a land grant law
Why did the boom in commercial farming in Texas eventually lead to a bust, or major drop, in prices?
because farmers grew more crops than buyers needed or wanted
because buyers wanted more crops than farmers could grow
because farmers had to lower their prices to compete with other farmers who could grow more crops
because farming became so widespread that buyers could grow their own crops
Why did many industrial workers in Texas join labor unions?
find jobs
protect themselves from work injuries
avoid working in agriculture
help support their interests as laborers (wages, work conditions, etc.)
what insect ruins cotton
boll weevil
fire ant
grasshopper
termite
What were windmills used for in Texas during the Cotton, Cattle and Railroads era?
cool the cows
air circulation
pump water from the ground
Who invented the steel plow?
Jim Bowie
John Deere
Charles Goodnight
Margaret Borland
What development encouraged more settlers to move west?
planes
telegraphs
railroads
industries
Who is believed to be the only woman to head up a cattle drive?
Sarah Parker
Jane Long
Margaret Borland
Laura Bush
The grassland and prairies of Texas provided food and space for what animal?
cattle
deer
rhino
antelope
All of these are TRUE statements about the expanding railroads.
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Which THREE [3] of these answers are positive effects that the expanding railroads had on Texas?
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YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT ANSWERS
ranchers and farmers could move their goods faster and in greater quantities
land that could have been used for farming or ranching was taken up by the railroad companies
citizens had fast, reliable transportation
burning the coal to run the railroad engines caused air pollution
all areas of the Texas economy improved with the railroads speeding up the movement of goods
