Vocabulary
Juneteenth
(June + the last syllable of Nineteenth) – an annual holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate June 19, 1865—the day when African Americans in Texas learned that they had been freed
Nicknamed "Kit" and was a famous scout and Native American fighter who led First Battle of Adobe Walls before Red River War.
Reason for the beginning of cattle trails in Texas
What is to maintain the supply and demand of beef by finding new buyers in other parts of the United States and transporting cattle to nearest railroad?
Doing something never been done before
What is innovative?
encroach
to gradually and steadily take away the property or rights of someone else
Leader of Quahadi band of Comanche and was last Comanche chief to resist moving onto reservations.
Who was Quanah Parker?
First established cattle trail, beginning in San Antonio and ending in Sedalia, Missouri
What is the Shawnee Trail?
AKA the Sedalia Trail
Define "subside".
What is to become less (intense)?
Cattle Trail founded by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving that ran from Young County (Newcastle) in Texas through New Mexico and Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
What is the Goodnight-Loving Trail?
novice
someone who is inexperienced in a field or profession; a beginner
Second confrontation at this canyon during the Red River War in which Col. Ranald McKenzie attacked a large group of Native Americans by destroying their villages and 1,400 horses to force the group onto reservations.
What is the Second Battle of Palo Duro Canyon?
Cattle Trail that began in San Antonio and ended in Abilene, Kansas.
What is the Chisholm Trail?
John Deere's invention that made it possible to farm in the Texas Panhandle
What is the invention of the steel plow?
Founder of Texas Railroad Commission while Governor of Texas
DAILY DOUBLE!
Who is James Stephen Hogg?
sharecropper
a tenant farmer who is provided by his employer with a house, a small piece of land, and the tools necessary to perform his job
Last Apache chief to hold out against U.S. Army, became infamous for raids on settlements, and was later killed in Mexico.
Who was Bidu-ya (Victorio)?
Cattle Trail that began at Kerrville, Texas and ended in Dodge City, Kansas used barbed wire and became the most used cattle trail.
What is the *Great* Western Trail?
VOCABULARY TERM:
To bring formal charges against an official.
U.S. Army soldiers in the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments and 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments, composed entirely of African American soldiers.
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Extra 100 points if can name what they were famous for!
carpetbagger
a Radical Republican from the North who moved to the South during Reconstruction in order to gain political power
Kiowa Chief known as "Orator of the Plains" because of eloquent speech at Medicine Lodge Creek Meeting.
Who was Set-tainte (White Bear)?
Illinois cattle buyer who solved the problem of the Shawnee Trail being blocked by Missouri farmers fearful of "Texas Fever" by creating a stockyard for Texas cattle.
Who was Joseph McCoy? Who was the founder of the Chisholm Trail?
VOCABULARY TERM:
Define "lenient".
What is tolerant, merciful, not strict or harsh?
Nicknamed "Buffalo Bill", and was hired to kill buffalo to make room for railroad tracks.
Who is William Cody?