Cattle, Cotton, Railroad

Which group of people brought cattle ranching to Texas in the 1730s?

• Anglos

• African Americans

• Spanish

• Europeans

Which group of people adopted cattle ranching from the Spanish?

• Anglos

• Europeans

• African Americans

• Texians

Why did Ranchers take their cattle North to sell them?

What was the land that Cowboys took to market called?

• Cattle Drive

• Home on the Range

• Open Range

• Cattle Trail

How did the building of Railroads in the South affect the cattle and cotton industries?

What did freed slaves turn to for work after the Civil War?

• Share Cropping

• Tenant Farming

• Slave Labor

• Trail Bosses

What was the disease that ticks carried called?

• Malaria

• Texas Fever

• West Nile

• Texas Heat

Who invented the most used kind of Barbed Wire?

• James Hogg

• Sam Houston

• Joseph Glidden

• Stephen F. Austin

How did women impact the Ranching industry?