Cotton/Cattle/Railroads
What invention brought an end to cattle trails in Texas?
What is Barbed Wire?
Who was the Mexican leader during the Texas Revolution?
What is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
What town was hit with the worst hurricane Texas has ever seen?
What is Galveston?
What are the 4 regions of Texas?
Gulf Coast region, North Central Plains, Great Plains, Mountains and Basins
How many flags have flown over Texas?
Six Flags
What destroyed cotton crops in Texas?
What is the Boll Weevil?
Who was the Texan General of the Texas revolution?
What is Sam Houston?
What town "boomed" after the Galveston Hurricane?
What is Houston?
What region is located in far west Texas?
Mountains and Basins
Who is known as the Father of Texas and brought the Old 300 to Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
What was one of the largest and most used cattle trails?
What is the Goodnight-Loving Trail?
What is a written agreement between countries in which they agree to do specific things called?
What is a Treaty?
What was the 9-day gusher that changed the economy of Texas forever called?
What is the Spindletop/Lucas Gusher?
What region is located along the coast of Texas?
Gulf Coast Region
What French explorer discovered the Mississippi River, explored the Great Lakes, and established Fort St. Louis?
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
What invention helped the cotton seeds be separated from cotton fibers, and significantly increased the cotton boom in Texas?
What is the Cotton Gin?
Who was a legendary frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo?
What is Davy Crocket?
What does "Fracking" mean?
What is "The process of of extracting oil by pumping water underground?" (answers may vary)
What region is located in the panhandle of Texas?
How did the Law of April 6, 1830, backfire?
What is "The Law only stopped law-abiding citizens from moving to Texas, while criminals kept coming?" (answers may vary)
Where did cattle go after the cattle drive?
They got boarded onto railroads and sent East.
What happened at the Black Bean Massacre (Drawing of the Black Beans)?
What is "Santa Anna put a number of white and black beans in a bowl. Texan prisoners would draw from the bowl, and if they drew a black bean, they would be killed. The Texans figured out a strategy for pulling a white bean, and soon the Mexican Army resorted to killing random prisoners." (answers may vary)
What is another word for oil, represents the value of petroleum?
What is Black Gold?
Which region of Texas includes the Balcones and Caprock Escarpments?
North Central Plains
Besides money, what could settlers of Texas use to pay for their land?
What is Enslaved People or Spanish Cattle?