Vocab
This is the end of settled land
What is the Frontier?
Describe Cowboy life
What is hard and dangerous with low pay?
What are the Buffalo Soldiers?
This region is the home of Thornton MS
What are the Coastal Plains?
This Reconstruction Era amendment freed the slaves
What is the 13th amendment?
This is land set aside for Native Americans
What is a reservation?
This is the reason for cattle branding
What is identifying ownership?
This is WHY Native Americans named African American soldiers the "Buffalo Soldiers"
Cattle drives took place because they did not have this mode of transportation near them
What is railroads/trains
This reconstruction Era amendment gave all MEN the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment?
This is a sudden rush of cattle
What is a stampede?
This is the name for the person in charge of taking the cattle North.
What is a drover?
This forced Native Americans onto reservations
What is Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny
This Texas Governor created the Texas Railroad Commission
Who is James Hogg?
This Reconstruction Era amendment gave former enslaved people citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment
This is a group given a particular task or function
What is a commisson?
This glorified the cowboy way of life
What are Hollywood movies and novels?
This Comanche chief fought for Native American rights
Who is Quanah Parker?
This famous rancher helped start the Goodnight-Loving Trail
Who is Charles Goodnight?
This inventions ended the open range/cattle drives
What is barbed wire?
This is the buying and selling of goods
What is commerce?
This is why cowboys took cattle to the North
What are the nearest railroads?
This ended the native Americans' way of life
What is the killing of the buffalo?
This group of people hunted down bank robbers and kept the peace on the frontier
Who are the Texas Rangers?
What is Spanish Friars