Cattle
Cattle drives ended because of what 2 things?
Barbed Wire and Railroads
A Spanish cowboy is a what?
What is a vaquero?
Why were railroads built?
What is to transport goods such as cattle, cotton, lumber, and oil
The Buffalo Soldiers and Texas Rangers fought hard to send the Native Americans where?
What is to reservations outside of Texas
Cattle were herded across the open range to railheads in Kansas; cities grew; new railroads came; cotton was grown and shipped to the North; new universities opened in which era?
What is the Cotton, Cattle, and Railroad era?
The end of the Civil War affected the cattle industry in this way. (Think what did the South need? What about the North)
What is the demand for beef in the East and the North brought rapid growth to the industry?
Most of the cotton industry was located where in Texas?
What is East Texas?
This person was a former Texas governor, set up the Texas Railroad Commission, and protected citizens from unfair business practices.
Who is James Hogg?
This nickname was given to the African American regiments of the U.S. Army that helped to keep the peace among American Indians in the West past the frontier through buildings forts and fighting American Indians after the Civil War.
What are Buffalo Soldiers?
This technology greatly contributed to Texas farming and ranching that could irrigate crops (supply water to) without having access to a river. (Hint:Uses wind)
What is the Windmill?
Cattle drives were dangerous because of what?
What is Stampedes, Native Americans, weather, wild animals.
Invention of the steel plow
Invention of barbed wire
Relocation of the Plains Indians to reservations
Increased mileage of railroad track
Use of windmills
All of the above lead to...
What is the development of farming in West Texas?
What happened to the places railroads were built by?
What is urbanization
-Increase Population
-New cities grew along rail lines
I was the son of an American woman captured by the Comanches, I was the last Chief of the Comanches, My tribe roamed West Texas and I eventually assimilated into American culture and influenced other American Indians to do so. I attacked Texan settlers moving out west.
Who is Quanah Parker?
As towns increased from railroads, what happened to the population?
What is the population increased
Where did cattle drives in Texas on the open range send cattle to?
What is Abilene, Kansas?
After the Civil War, cotton production in Texas...
What is cotton production significantly increased and Texas became one of the largest producers of cotton in the U.S.?
What ethnicity engineers played a huge role in building the railroads in Texas.
Before the Buffalo Soldier why did Texans not settle West, past the frontier?
What is too dangerous from Native Americans
Describe the climate type that affected economic development in West Texas.
What caused range wars? What 2 people were in range wars?
Barbed wire- fencing of land
Cowboys vs Ranchers
The local landscape was modified by building a seawall as a result of which event?
What is the Galveston Hurricane of 1900?
When railroads finally came to Texas what happened?
What is no more cattle drives, quicker transportation
[Hunters] have done more in the last two years to settle the [difficult] Indian question than the entire regular army has done in the last 30 years. They are destroying the Indian’s [supplies]. For the sake of lasting peace, let them kill, skin and sell until they have exterminated the buffalo.
—General Philip Sheridan
Sheridan argues that ______________ will force Native Americans onto reservations
What is hunting the Buffalo to extinction?
Cattle drives and wars with American Indian tribes was the most characterized society in Texas 1860-1900. True or false?
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