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What was the name of the cattle ranch you read about that is the largest cattle ranch in the United States?
King Ranch
100
Explain what supply and demand is.
Supply is how much of something there is. Demand is how much people want it. If a supply is high but demand is low, they may lower the price to get rid of it. If a supply is low and demand is high, they may raise the price to make more money.
100
Explain the difference between a farm and a ranch.
A farm was where crops were grown. A ranch was where cattle were raised.
100
Explain what horses were mainly trained to do.
Cowboys trained their horses to keep cattle under control on cattle drives
100
Why did Chinese immigrants agree to work for a long time in exchange for only a small amount of pay?
Because they would eventually be allowed to become citizens of the U.S.
200
Tell me anything you know about Charles Goodnight.
•After Civil War, joined a group that tried to round up cattle across the state that had roamed free during the war •Recovered much of his cattle, but needed to get the herd to the North where they were paying top dollar for beef •With his partner, Oliver Loving, he blazed a trail west across Texas and up to Colorado.
200
Why did the buffalo disappear very quickly?
The U.S. Government soldiers killed millions of buffalo to eliminate a food source for American Indian groups.
200
What is the one natural resource most important to both farmers and ranchers?
Fresh water
200
What did the cattle industry do for Texas?
It brought a lot of money to Texas
200
Why are many Texas towns 30 miles apart?
Every 30 miles there was a well dug where locomotives could stop to refill with water
300
If you owned a business before the railroad came along, who did you sell your goods to?
Only those customers close by
300
Where did the city of Fort Worth get its name?
It used to be an army outpost for removing Indian groups in West Texas
300
The Texas economy grew because of the railroads. What was the main thing railroads provided?
Goods arrived to market faster
300
What does "round up the cattle" mean?
Gathering cows
300
What does word "Boom" mean?
Rapid growth
400
How did the railroad change who you sold your goods to?
You could now sell to customers all over the country!
400
Before railroads came along, steamboats were a great way to ship things, but Texans weren’t really able to take advantage of them? Why not?
Most rivers were shallow and flooded easily and that made trade difficult
400
What was the main reason that the United States started depending heavily on Texas for food products?
Because of the railroads. Now the goods grown and raised in Texas could be sent all over the country.
400
Explain what the main impact of Lizzie Johnson was.
She was the only woman to run a cattle drive
400
What made it so hard to travel before the railroads came along?
There were problems with most other transportation methods. Wagons were too small, slow, and bumpy. Steamboats could only operate in deep rivers.
500
Explain what the "Red River War" was.
A war between American Indians and U.S. Government. When it was over, the American Indians no longer roamed along the plains freely.
500
Why did many immigrants to Texas already know how to do many of the jobs?
Because they did similar jobs in their home countries
500
In our last unit, we learned that Gail Borden invented condensed milk. What was something else he did that helped Texas grow?
He helped plot the layout of the city of Houston
500
Who designed the barbed wire fence?
Joseph Glidden
500
Why did Texas businesses begin to grow when the railroads came along?
Trains allowed people and goods to travel easily.
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