Why was there a “Bust” cycle for farmers in the late 1800s?

Farmers grew more crops than buyers needed.

What is commercial farming?

Large scale growing of crops for a profit.

Why were railroads important to Texas farmers?

Goods could be shipped quicker and easier.

Why did people join labor unions?

To help support their interests as laborers.

Meeting place of two or more lines of a railroad.

Why did Texas pass a land grant law in 1876?

Help pay for railroad construction.

All of the following were effects of the railroad boom EXCEPT ...

the decline of cattle ranching in Texas.

What is the economic law of supply and demand?

When supply is greater than demand, the price falls.

What was different about the Knights of Labor (Labor Union)?

They accepted women and African Americans.

What types of industries were important to Texas during the late 1800s?

Industries that turned farm goods into products.

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1
Immigrant labor from what two countries helped in the construction of Railroads?
Mexico & China
China & Ireland
Ireland & Canada
Canada & Mexico
2
What insect infected cotton fields?
Boll Weevil
Stone Fly
Mole Cricket
Lady Bug
3
What organization represented farmers against railroad companies?
The Illuminati
The Carbonari
The Odessa
The Grange
4
All of the following were new mechanical farm tools used by farmers in the late 1800s EXCEPT
horse-drawn plows.
threshers.
telegraphs.
two-row planters.
5
Why was there a “Bust” cycle for farmers in the late 1800s?
Farmers began growing less cotton.
Chick-fil-A made everyone sick and they could not work.
Farmers grew more crops than buyers needed.
Farmers made more money.
6
All of the following were causes of the railroad boom EXCEPT ...
the closing of the open range.
Expansion of industry and agriculture.
land grants from the government.
new business opportunities.
7
What is commercial farming?
Growing crops for personal use.
Advertising for farmers to come to Texas.
Growing crops for the owner of a plantation.
Large scale growing of crops for a profit.
8
Why were railroads important to Texas farmers?
Most Texans worked for the railroads.
Goods shipped to the U.S. were more expensive.
Goods could be shipped quicker and easier.
Goods be be shipped safer and more expensively.
9
Why were farmers in West Texas forced to find new ways to grow crops?
The soil was more fertile.
The climate was dryer.
The land was flat.
The land was rugged.
10
Why did people join labor unions?
To stop rail companies from laying more tracks.
To guarantee they would have jobs.
To protest Donald Trump.
To help support their interests as laborers.
11
What is a junction?
A place where a rail line ended.
A place where rail lines went over a bridge.
Meeting place of two or more lines of a railroad.
A place where rail lines where broken.
12
Why did Texas pass a land grant law in 1876?
Help pay for Kleb Intermediate.
Help pay for railroad construction.
Help pay for oil refineries.
Help pay for saw mills.
13
Railroad companies encouraged the settlement of West Texas in all of the following ways EXCEPT
advertising throughout the U.S.
selling land to farmers.
helping to move farmers into the region.
Shipping farm goods for free.
14
All of the following were effects of the railroad boom EXCEPT ...
the decline of cities bypassed by the lines.
growing cities along the lines.
the expansion of commercial agricultural.
the decline of cattle ranching in Texas.
15
All of the following were major junctions in Texas EXCEPT ...
San Angelo
Dallas.
Austin.
Houston.
16
What is the economic law of supply and demand?
When supply is greater than demand, the price falls.
When supply is greater than demand prices rise.
When demand is greater than supply prices drop.
When supply and demand are the same prices drop.
17
All of the following were leading industries in Texas in the late 1800s EXCEPT
meatpacking.
cottonseed oil production.
agriculture.
textiles.
18
What was different about the Knights of Labor (Labor Union)?
They guaranteed work for everyone who joined.
They accepted women and African Americans.
They only represented workers in Texas.
They only represented farm workers.
19
The development of cottonseed oil and the expansion of railroads led to a boom in
cattle ranching.
commercial farming.
cotton farming.
sheep herding.
20
What types of industries were important to Texas during the late 1800s?
Textile factories.
Industries that involved turning oil into products.
Industries that turned farm goods into products.
Video game stores.
21
Which national labor union protected skilled and unskilled workers.
United Association
Knights of Labor
United Farm Workers
Brotherhood of Teamsters
22
Who was the first Texas Governor born in Texas.
Lawrence Ross
Joseph Sayers
Adrian Monk
James Hogg
23
Where were most sawmills in Texas located?
Piney Woods
South Texas Plain
Mountains & Basins
Blackland Prairie
24
What invention helped newspapers report on Texas’s expanding industries?
Typewriter
Telephone
Printing Press
Automobile

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