Who Knows
Huge areas of fenced-off land with thousands of acres and cattle were called
Ranches
A word which means "the right to vote"
suffrage
Agrarian is another word for _________ (think of people who grow plants)
Cattle drives also stopped due to ______ wire fencing
barbed
After the ______ of 1900, Gavleston's population decreased, and was no longer a significant Texas town.
hurricane
Type of farming that required using land/supplies from the land owner. Have to give up a SHARE of the profit.
Sharecropping
A place where the population grows rapidly and then declines
Boomtown
What did Galveston decided to build after the hurricane of 1900
Seawall
James Hogg was against Railroad
Monopolies
Sharecroppers could not afford to purchase their own _____
Land
Another word for work. It had many reforms during the Progressive Era.
Labor
Cattle drives stopped due to this THIS type of transportation
Railroads (aka trains)
Post Civil War. TX economy expanded with ______ (think livestock)
Cattle
Large oil field found in Beaumont
Spindletop
Cattle drives went north to connect to ____
Railroads
African American soldiers who fought to keep the frontier safe (fighting AGAINST the natives)
Buffalo Soldiers
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
Which political party was formed to help agrarian workers?
When sharecroppers didn't make a profit, they went into _____
debt
James Hogg formed the Texas Railroad _______
Commission
Last Comanche Chief who assimilated to Anglo culture
Quanah Parker
James Hogg wrote legislation to stop _____ from forming (anti something!)
Trusts
When the ________ expanded, farmers were happy they could ship crops (more profits!)
Railroads
The Progressive Era required children to attend ________
School
Native