New Stuff
"Inventions"
Make a reservation
"Frontier"
Move em' out
"Cattle"
Wild West
"Texas 1900"
Yee haw!
"Miscellaneous"
100
Used to enclose land to protect from destruction
Barbed Wire
100
the last Comanche chief
Quanah Parker
100
When the cowboys moved the cattle north, it was called a ___________
Cattle Drive
100
New businesses formed, towns were built and people came because of this in Texas
Railroad
100
The mother of the chief that was kidnapped by Comanche as a young girl
Cynthia Ann Parker
200
Used to pump water out of the ground
Windmill
200
The army group that protected settlers
Buffalo Soldiers
200
The reason they had to move cattle north was because they were trying to get to the ________________
Railroad
200
The place where animals are raised to sell
Ranch
200
The era where new inventions and new industries came to Texas
Cotton, Cattle & Railroad
300
Used to show ownership of cattle
Branding
300
The place where the Indians were forced to move to
Reservation
300
The breed of cattle popular in Texas
Texas Longhorn
300
The name for the open land that was unsettled in Texas before new settlers came
Frontier
300
The system of farming where they rented land and equipment in exchange for a share of the crop
Sharecropping
400
Brought new settlers and businesses to Texas
Railroad
400
The name of the treaty the Indians were forced to sign
The Medicine Lodge Treaty
400
The culture group that brough the first cattle to Texas
Spanish
400
English translation of spanish word "vaquero"
Cowboy
400
The area where animals were able to graze freely before people took land and enclosed it
Open range
500
Pulled seeds out of cotton faster and increased farming of cotton
Cotton gin
500
2 things the Indians agreed to by signing the treaty
- Move to reservations - Stop attacking settlers
500
3 problems encountered along a cattle drive
- stampedes - stealing cattle - long hours - dangerous - barbed wire - trading with Indians - river crossings
500
The nickname for a city where cattle were taken to board railroad
Cow town
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