Cotton Cattle Railroads and Closing the Frontier

How did the use of windmills help INCREASE West Texas settlement?

• Windmills made oil drilling easier.

• Pioneers used windmills to predict destructive weather.

• Thanks to windmills, pioneers did not have to depend on sources of surface water.

• Windmills generated electricity for early communities.

What was the name given to the African-American soldiers who protected the frontier in West Texas after the Civil War?

• cattle soldiers

• camel soldiers

• western soldiers

• buffalo soldiers

The 19th century technological innovation of steam power was MOST beneficial to Texans through the —

• railroad

• spinning wheel

• paddle boat

• airplane

People in West Texas modified which historic innovation to adapt to their environment?

• dams

• cotton gin

• bogs

• windmills

Which of the following factors greatly impacted Texans in supporting slavery?

• large and diverse populations from Mexico and Europe

• many lakes and rivers for transportation and fishing

• large land areas fit for growing cotton

• small cabins and hunters in the forests

How did barbed wire contribute to the settlement of farmers in West Texas?

• It encouraged the expansion of railroads into the area.

• It allowed crops in the plains to be protected from cattle.

• It provided ways for people to earn money by selling fencing.

• It encouraged the growth of protected land for conservation.

Which was the largest industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Texas?

• Oil

• Agriculture

• Manufacturing

• Ranching

The men who built the state capitol in the 1880s, were given three million acres of land in the Texas Panhandle for their services. Keeping the land together made it the largest ranch in the state. What did they call the ranch?

• TX

• XIT

• PHT

• XLT

Which of the following is a negative effect of the growth of railroads in Texas and the Great Plains?

• Ranchers could get cattle to markets easier.

• Railroads brought buffalo hunters who killed the animals by the thousands from the windows of the railroad cars.

• Cities such as Dallas could grow because they had better opportunities for transportation

• Railroads made trade of such goods as farm products faster and expanded markets for farmers.

Land, longhorns, and railroads were all reasons for --

• Expansion of the frontier in Texas after the Civil War

• Expansion of the manufacturing industry in Texas after the Civil War

• Expansion of the service industry into Texas after the Civil War

• Expansion of the oil industry into Texas after the Civil War