Which Amendment was it?
Prohibited the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The 15th Amendment
This particular animal was a a hybrid of the Spanish retinto or criollo cattle and the English cattle brought to the region in the 1820s and 1830s by Anglo -American settlers.
Texas longhorns
One company controlling all of the business.
Monopolies
Cattle were gathered in southern Texas and driven north through Austin, Waco, an Dallas, across the Red River through eastern /Oklahoma... what was the name of this trail?
Shawnee Trail
This person supported laws to stop monopolies, so no single company could control an entire industry.
James Hogg
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people.
The 14th Amendment
These men were broken down into small companies and stationed at remote garrisons and forts. The name was given to the men by the Plains Indians.
Buffalo Soldiers
Provides a water source...
Windmill
This trail went west from the Hill Country to cross and follow the Pecos River through New Mexico, heading north through Colorado to Wyoming.
Goodnight-Loving Trail
Roads were rough and crude, and impassable during wet weather. This type of transportation hauled products and supplies by ox cart was expensive and time consuming.
Trains/Railroads
This amendment faced resistance in some parts of the South, leading to continued exploitation of black labor.
The 13th Amendment
Fence-cutting became a problem, during the early 1880s. What was used to assist in this situation?
barbed wire
Gave official permission...
Chartered
This trail was associated with "Texas Fever".
Shawnee Trail
Who created the Texas Railroad Commission to control the industry?
James Hogg
A symbol of political participation.
The 15th Amendment
As railheads moved into the state, the trail drives were no longer necessary. The railroads introduced what to the plains in the early 1870s?
Windmills
What invention contributed to the transition from open range to fenced pastures?
Barbwire
By 1867, six states had passed laws against trailing cattle within their borders due to the spread of disease. As a result, a new trail was needed for cattle drives, what was the name of the trail?
Chisholm Trail
By 1861, Texas had ___________ railroads operating over 470 miles of track.
Nine
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
The 13th Amendment
The _____________Ranch was founded in 1852 by Richard King and Gideon Lewis.
King
Someone who arrives in a new region with only a suitcase of possessions.
Carpetbagger
In 1874, John T. Lytle was a part of a trail that went from south Texas to Dodge City, Kansas, up to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, with 3,500 longhorns. What was the name of this trail?
Great Western Trail
In 1850, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and _________ started, and construction began in 1853 for railroads.
Colorado Railway Company