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Vocabulary
Railroads
Farming
Ranching
Pop Culture
100
What type of farming is the growing of crops for sale in order to make profit?
What is commercial agriculture.
100
Where were most of the railroads built in the 1870's?
What is the north eastern part of the United States.
100
What type of farming kept two thirds of their crop and paid the rent for the land with one third of the harvest?
Who are tenant farmers.
100
What was the event called when thousands of cattle froze to death?
What is the big die up
100
Who did the Texas Rangers lose to on last night?
Who is the Detroit Tigers.
200
What word means the vast area of undeveloped public land help by the state government for future sale?
What is the open range.
200
With the expansion of railroads it led to a decrease in_________.
What is cattle trails.
200
How did population growth affect Texas farms?
What is led to the establishment of more farms, new machinery, and bigger harvests.
200
Texas cowboys had changes in their work. They spent less time in the saddle and more time on _____.
What is foot. They helped set up fence posts and stringing barbed wire.
200
Who did the Dallas Mavs beat on Monday?
Who is Houston
300
What type of person rents a plot of land from its owner and pay for its use with a share of the crop?
What is a tenant farmer.
300
What event happened in 1851?
What is the first rail line in Texas opened.
300
Why did railroad companies want to sell land to settlers?
What is so they could make a profit.
300
In 1833 some Panhandle cowboys went on a what?
What is strike. The cowboys didn't think their employers were meeting certain demands.
300
What movie topped the box office last weekend?
What is Hop earning $21,298,240
400
This machine removes the seeds from cotton.
What is the cotton gin.
400
How did railroads change ranching?
What is making it easier for ranchers to ship their cattle to distant markets.
400
What did the Nation Grange help farmers with?
What is sharing knowledge about the latest farming techniques, set up stores where they could buy goods at lower prices.
400
How did barbed wore lead to the end of open-range cattle ranching?
What is by cutting off people from land, roads and water sources.
400
Who won the 2011 Masters golf tournment?
Who is Charl Schwartzel.
500
What term means a period during which business avtivity and prices drop and many workers lose their jobs?
What is a depression.
500
How did railroads boost the Texas economy?
What is railroads needed Texas products such as lumber, coal and timber.
500
What was the agricultural college the Grangers helped set up in 1876?
What is Texas AGricultural and Mechanical College (Texas A&M University)
500
How were early ranches in West Texas different from early ranches in South Texas?
In South Texas, ranchers owned the land on which their herds grazed, in West Texas ranchers owned little land. They used open land that all could use.
500
What song is topping the itunes chart?
What is E.T. by Katy Perry