Railroads
What happened to the amount of railroads following the Civil War?
Increased
What region of Texas did the Buffalo Soldiers have the greatest impact building roads, protecting settlers, and combating hostile natives?
Hint: Name the region and Direction
West Texas or the Mountains and Basins Region
What was the name of the journey cowboys or drovers would go on to transport their cattle to market?
Cattle Drive
-Last Chief of the Comanche
-Son of American Woman (Cynthia Ann Parker)
-Captured by and raised Comanche)
-Eventually Settled into American culture after Comanche were forced onto reservations
Quanah Parker
What invention allowed for ranchers to move further West and why?
Windmills to access underground water resources where there was little surface water and rainfall.
How did railroads impact profits for Texas farmers initially? Why?
Increased, cheaper to ship product
Which region of Texas had the highest cotton production? Explain directionally where most cotton was produced in relation to Texas?
Gulf Coastal Plains (Central Texas)
1 out of 3 Cowboys or Drovers were...
Hint: (Name 2 cultures seeking opportunity at that time)
African American or Hispanic
Give me 3 defining characteristics of Quanah Parker
Think (Tribe, Circumstance, Aftermath)
What invention impacted both farmers and cowboys eventually leading to a range war?
Barbed wire
Why would cowboys or drovers from Texas want to take cattle to the railroads in Kansas?
They could ship cattle to the East for 10X the Money ($4 in Texas or $40 in the Northeast)
What region of Texas was most difficult to settle and why? Explain directionally where that region is located.
Mountains and Basins Region (West Texas, lack of water resources)
What invention made it more difficult for drovers to transport cattle and eventually ended cattle drives forever? Why?
Answer Should Include: Frontier and Farmers
Barbed Wire (Closed off the frontier because farmers tried to protect their land)
What was the group created to remove hostile Native Americans from West Texas?
Buffalo Soldiers
How and why did barbed wire cause a range war between farmers and cowboys?
Farmers would fence off their land using barbed wire and cowboys would cut through it to drive their cattle to the railroads or markets.
What were two ways that railroads transform Texas? Hint: think 1. Settlers 2. Frontier
1. Growth of Cities
2. Transformed the frontier into settled lands
Which region of Texas did Quanah Parker and the Comanche Natives inhabit? Explain directionally where this region is located.
Great Plains Region (Northwest Texas down to the center part of the state)
How did the cattle industry adapt in Texas after barbed wire closed off the range?
Hint Think: Settlers and Railroads
Settlers began creating big ranches where they would raise cattle and ship them on the railroads.
Think:(1. Looks 2. Value)
Because of their dark curly hair and brave fighting spirit that resembled the iconic North American Bison AKA the "BUFFALO"
Explain how Farming, Ranching, and Railroads impacted the population of Texas in the period following the Civil War?
Answer must include: (farmers, ranchers, profits, railroads, cattle, harvested crops, population, growth of towns)
The railroad gave both farmers and ranchers the ability to ship harvested crops and cattle on the railroad to increase profits. This led to a population increase because towns grew where the railroad came through.
How did railroads both sparked the cattle drive era and also led to its demise?
Expand on the following:
(2 part answer: Hint 1st profits 2nd Expansion)
Cowboys would use the railroads to make higher profits. Expansion of the railroads made cattle drives unnecessary.
-What physical boundary creates that border
-What state or country borders the region
-Explain directionally where it's located
-One unique characteristic
Answers may vary (teacher discretion for affirming answers)
Who introduced cattle to Texas and how has it shaped Texas today?
Think: (Culture who once colonized Texas; how it impacts modern Texas economy and culture)
Why were African Americans quick to join the US Military in the period following the Civil War?
(List 2 opportunities)
Answers may vary but should include:
Steady Employment (Job), Proving Ground, Travel, Equal Rights and Opportunity
In what way has agriculture shaped today's Texas Economy?
Today, agriculture still plays a major role in the Texas economy.
Answers may vary:
Creates many jobs, cattle is big industry still, lots of farming, and ranching, Spanish and Cowboy Culture still exists, Big Ranches, etc... Teacher Discretion