Cattle
What was the name of the breed of cattle that were well suited to the Texas climate?
Longhorn
Railroads helped ranchers get their cattle to _______ in an easier way.
markets
What did Texas farmers use to break through the tough Texas soil?
deep plows
Spindletop was located in ______ Texas.
East
True or False: Most of the effects from the construction of Texas railroads were positive.
True
markets
What ethnic group immigrated to Texas to help build the railroads?
Chinese
threshers
What city, besides Houston, grew in population as a result of the Spindletop Oil Field?
Beaumont
A bust is the _________ of an industry or product.
decline
range wars
Who cleared the land of the buffalo?
buffalo hunters
What natural element would cause crops not to grow?
drought
Tough men who worked to get the oil out of the ground were called _______.
wildcatters
A boom is the rapid _______ of an industry or product.
growth
When rustlers steal cattle, it is called ________.
rustling
Railroads helped settle the West Texas _________.
frontier
What insect infested the cotton crops?
boll weevil
When did the oil boom start in Texas?
early 1900s
What three words were used to describe the cattle drives?
long
difficult
dangerous
The _____ Ranch is the largest ranch in the world, and the _____ Ranch is the largest in the Texas Panhandle.
King
XIT
Because of Texas railroads, farmers benefitted from expanded _______, and cities ________ because of better transportation.
markets
grew
True or False: Overproduction of crops caused commercial farming to go through a bust cycle.
True
What do Texans call oil?
black gold
When the Indians were removed from Texas, land was available for the expansion of ______ and ______ ranching in West Texas.
cattle
sheep