Frontier
This conflict opened West Texas for settlement.
Frontier Wars or Red River War
The movement of large herds of cattle from ranches to railroad towns to be sold.
Cattle Drives
Oil discovery that began the Texas oil boom.
Spindletop
Reformers who wanted labor unions and Women's Suffrage.
Progressives
Texas seceded from the Union mainly because of disagreements about
Slavery
A Comanche leader who worked for peace on reservations.
Quannah Parker
Wire with sharp points used to fence land; it ended the open range and helped close the frontier.
Barbed Wire
One economic effect of oil discovery.
Jobs increased, factories grew, cities expanded.
The right to vote
Suffrage
Texas joined which side in the Civil War?
The Confederacy
Indigenous people, especially those who previously occupied West Texas, were move to __________.
Reservations
Railroads helped Texas by doing this.
Moving goods and people faster.
The growth of factories and industries that produce goods.
Industrialization
Texas helped in WWI by doing this.
Sending soldiers, oil, cotton.
Explain one effect of Reconstruction on Texas government.
New constitution, more federal control, rights expanded.
Name one effect of frontier closing.
End of buffalo hunting, more settlement, Native Americans moved to reservations.
This government group regulated railroad prices.
Texas Railroad Commission
What transportation project helped Houston become a major shipping center?
Houston Ship Channel; a new water route to allow ships to travel directly to Houston
A natural disaster that led to moving the economic epicenter of Texas to Houston
The Galveston Hurricane
Reconstruction laws were meant to do this.
Rebuild the South and protect freedmen’s rights.
Explain one economic change caused by frontier settlement.
Growth of ranching, farming, railroads, towns.
Explain one cause and effect of barbed wire.
Example:
Cause: Need to protect land → Effect: Open range ended and fence-cutting wars.
Explain how oil changed Texas socially.
More cities, population growth, diverse workers.
Explain one Populist reform goal.
Economic fairness, railroad regulations, direct democracy
The president of the Confederacy was
Jefferson Davis