Cattle
What does the telegraph cause in Texas?
communicate long distance, helps businesses grow
Cattle ranches owned by Mexican Americans mainly in the ________ of Texas
SOUTH
why so many cattle trails in Texas?
to support the growing cattle industry and get cows to market
did mechanization increase or decrease farm production?
why did most sharecroppers not buy their own farms
could not afford because of high debt
what do buffalo soldiers do?
PATROL FRONTIER
BUILD ROADS
huge impact on the COTTON industry
choose 2
barbed wire
pistol
windmill
steel plow
windmill and steel plow
after the Civil War, how Texas made its money
Cattle ---ranching
who brought the first cattle to Texas, and when?
Spanish in the 1600s
was Galveston or Forth Worth the center of the cattle industry?
Fort Worth
Governor of Texas
Texas Ranger
President of Texas A & M
Lawrence Sul Ross
Texas 1st huge oil well was on this date
January 10, 1901
Texas 1st huge oil well was at this location
SPINDLETOP
what do Texas Rangers do?
catch criminals, stop wars on the ranch
Receives a part of the crop harvested
sharecropping
the landowner is paid rent
tenant farmer
what effect did railroads have on Texas?
towns expanded
this group regulated railroads to keep out monopolies
Texas Railroad Commission
Boom
v
bust
Boom is high employment and high production
Bust is low employment and low production
Many were Mexican or African-American
or
the job lasted all the year
Many were Mexican or African-American
challenges for tenant farmers
drought
overproduction
competition
largest commercial ranch
after the Civil War, did the demand for beef increase or decrease?
INCREASE
what type of change happened when the market for cattle decreased?
POLITICAL
ECONOMIC
SOCIAL
economic change
King Ranch
largest private ranch