Buffalo Soldiers
Year they began serving in the U.S. Army.
What is 1866?
Union efforts that caused shortages in Texas.
What are blockades?
Texas was under this type of political control.
What is military control?
Cattle trails led to railheads in this state.
What is Kansas?
Texas’s first major railroad was the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & _____ Railway.
What is Colorado?
Group that gave them their nickname.
Who are Native Americans?
Texas provided thousands of these despite few battles.
What are troops?
Freedmen’s Bureau helped create these.
What are schools?
Maps of trails often marked these.
What are water sources, terrain, and cow towns?
By 1920, Texas had over this many miles of track.
What is 16,000 miles?
Wars they fought to protect settlers.
What are the Indian Wars?
The Battle of Galveston resulted in this side winning.
What is the Confederacy?
Amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Cattle and calves were valuable agricultural _____.
What are commodities?
Railroads helped farmers ship crops more _____.
What is efficiently?
Buffalo Soldiers primarily served in this branch of the military.
What is the Army?
The Battle of Sabine Pass protected this river.
What is the Sabine River?
Amendment granting citizenship to all born in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Beef ranching helped create this in rural communities.
What are jobs?
After the Civil War, production of this crop increased dramatically.
What is cotton?
They often helped protect this group moving west.
Who are settlers?
This was the last land battle of the Civil War in Texas.
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
Amendment protecting the right to vote regardless of race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail were used to connect Texas ranches to these.
What are railheads (or markets)?
Many workers became these in the post-Civil War farming economy.
What are sharecroppers or tenant farmers?