Cotton Industry
Invention that separated the seed from the cotton fibers.
What is the Cotton Gin
The invention that would help end open range ranching by creating a fenced off area.
What is barbed wire.
Where the land that is settled meets the land that is settled.
What is the Frontier
The Frontier War occurred during the same time as another notable war.
Civil War
Industry that saw its start with Spanish Missions and Vaqueros.
Cotton is King! It was sold for money.
What is a cash crop
Cowboys had to drive cattle east to meet this particular transportation.
What are railroads
A family farms just enough to provide for their family.
What is substance farming
Captured Natives were sent to this present day state to reservations.
Where is Oklahoma
Last Comanche War Chief during the Frontier War.
Who is Quanah Parker
Known insect that destroyed cotton fields.
What are Boll Weevils
This invention was used to bring groundwater to the surface
What are windmills
A tenant farmer that receives a share of the value of crops minus charges for rent and other expenses.
What is Sharecropping
These empty buildings encourage Natives to attack frontier settlers.
What are forts.
Profession that allowed men to hunt the Native Americans main food resource.
Who are Buffalo Hunters
The cotton gin increased a demand in the south.
Increased demand for slaves
Holding pens for Longhorn in a cowtown.
What are the stockyards
Cash crops were sold on a state and national level.
What is commercial farming.
The main food source of the Native Americans.
What is the buffalo
Black soldiers that would help protect the Texas frontier
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers
Tenant Farmers had to borrow from local stores and their Landlords.
What is credit
XIT and King"s are examples of these.
What is a ranch
The idea that most Americans had that it was their God given right to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny
Economically businesses experience highs and lows.
What is Boom and Bust
Pointer, Flank, Scout, Drag and Trail Boss is just a few examples.
What is a cowboy