Cattle
Cattle were shipped to where on the railroads?
Markets for sale
Farmers used windmills to access groundwater
How did railroads impact the farming industry?
Think economically and socially?
Profits rose because it was cheaper to ship goods and many towns developed due to increasing population
Who was the last chief of the Comanche Natives that led the last Battle of Adobe Walls?
Quanah Parker
Allowed goods and people to be shipped cheaper and faster than ever before
Railroad
Who were cattle introduced to the Americas by?
Spanish
Because slavery had ended farm labor was replaced with...
tenant farming and sharecropping
How did railroads impact the cattle industry?
Cattle could be shipped by railroad so many trails led to a train station
What did American settlers slaughter by the millions in order to end the Natives way of life and move them onto reservations for once and for good?
Buffalo
Allowed West Texas farmers to access water in the ground
Windmills
What opportunities did cattle drives give to minorities after the war?
The opportunity to make equal pay and be treated equally
Because settlers moved farther West, Natives...
were relocated to reservations
They could get more money farther East where demand was higher
Reservations
Closed off the open range forever ending the cattle drives and allowed farmers to protect their crops
Barbed Wire
Why were cattle shipped to the Northeast?
Because the Civil War ended, the population in Texas...
Increased because of cheap land and new farming capabilities.
What would Texas look like today without the railroad?
Would potentially still be the wild West with small towns and a small population because there wouldn't be many supplies.
These factors led to what for the Native Americans?
- Cheap Land
- Railroads, barbed wire, steel plow, Windmills
Removal onto reservations
Allowed farmers to break through tough and dry West Texas soil
Steel Plow
Answers may vary...
Barbed wire...windmills...
This era was named Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads because...
Cotton and Cattle industries boomed because of the railroads making it cheaper to ship goods farther and quicker.
How did railroads play a role in ending the cattle drives even though they once allowed them to thrive?
****Answer must include demand, barbed wire, ranches...
Eventually railroads became so accessible that many people fenced off their land and would simply ship cattle wherever demand was highest?
What did all Native American groups have in common regarding the land?
-Think regions, physical characteristics, climate, vegetation, etc..
They all used the available resources of the land to adapt and survive
How did technological advancements play a role in removing the Native Americans from the frontier?
It increased the population because it made it possible for people to move farther West to developing towns.