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Miscellanous
100

They were the 1st cowboys.

 Spanish Vaqueros

100

What brought an end to slavery.

 Civil war

100
This was a cowboy's biggest fear on a cattle drive.
What is a stampede?
100

What does ranchero mean

a Spanish rancher

200

These two immigrant groups built the railroads in Texas.

 Irish and the Chinese

200

Farmers who rented land, tools, seeds, and houses and then used their harvest to pay rent were known as.

 Sharecroppers

200
Making fence cutting a felony by the Legislature was to stop this.
What is Range Wars?
200

The time period of 1860 - 1900 was most well known for this thing.

Cattle Drives

300

Son of a captive white woman and last Comanche Chief.

 Quanah Parker

300

During this Era, cotton was grown in this area of Texas and Cattle were raised in this area of Texas.

Coastal Plains

300
This fraction of cowboys were Mexican, African American, Native American, or Female.
What is One-half?
300
Texas Governor best known for protecting Texas citizens from unfair business practices by the Railroads.
Who is Jim Hogg?
400

Formed the first peacetime all-black regiments in the regular US Army, were freed slaves.

 Buffalo Soldiers

400

Why would freed people become sharecroppers, rather than pursue work?

They were always in debt

400

This was the oldest and first cattle drive trail.

Shawnee

400
Ranching in West Texas instead of Farming was done because of a lack of this.
What is Water?
500

1st Native born Texas Governor, Established the Texas Railroad Commission.

James Stephen "Jim" Hogg

500
This transportation innovation changed agriculture from Subsistence to Commercial.
What is Railroads?
500
Cattle drives were caused by this.
What is a demand for beef after the Civil War by people in the North and East?
500
The use of barb wire brought an end to this.
What is Cattle drives?