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Unit 8 Cattle, Cotton, Railroads!
Unit 8 Cattle, Cotton, Railroads!
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A quiz over the cattle, cotton, and railroads in Texas.
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1
Windmills helped West Settlement through....
Warn settlers of Tornadoes
Creating a gentle breeze
Get water from underground aquifers
Making Electricity
2
What was the least favored job on the Cattle Drive?
Drage
Cook
Scout
Wrangler
3
The growth of railroads in Texas led to all EXCEPT...
Lubbock and Frisco
end of cattle drives and open range
Treaties with Mexico
Subsistance to Commercial Farming
4
This region was most suitable for cotton farming...
Coastal Plains
Mountains and Basins
Great Plains
North Central Plains
5
When Supply is....than Demand, prices are....
higher, higher
lower, lower
higher, lower
lower, higher
6
Ranchers raised all of the following except...
Sheep
Goats
Cattle
Snakes
7
The labor unions were made to help....
farmers and railroads
farmers and ranchers
range wars
James Hogg
8
All are cow hand (cowboy) jobs on a cattle drive except...
Pointer
Agent (Trail Boss)
Scout
Commissioner
9
All are Labor Unions EXCEPT...
Southern Farmers Alliance
Populist Party
Knights of Labor
Grange
10
Sharecroppers were primarily...because they had no money for supplies or land.
Former Union
Shop owners
Former Confederates
Freedmen
11
The Cattle Industry was influenced by these two cultures...
French and English
Spanish and Mexicans
Spanish and English
Pecos Bill and John Wayne
12
This was the most valuable cash cropin Texas during the 1800s
Corn
Cotton
Cattle
Wheat
13
All are modifications except...
dams
barbed wire
terraced farms
bridges
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This closed the open range!
Barbed Wire
Windmill
Bob the Builder
Cattle Drives
