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Vaqueros, Lassos, and Rodeos are all evidence of which culture in the Texas Cattle Industry? Answer
Spanish
True or False: Cowboys’ jobs were exciting, paid well and was exclusively for Anglos. Answer
False
land and grazing rights known as the Range wars. Farmers used barbed wire to keep cattle from grazing on the open range, as a result cowboys practiced fence cutting; which resulted in the political battle over land and grazing rights known as the Range wars. Answer
Political conflict between cattle ranchers and cotton farmers on the frontier?
What social issues surrounded tenant farming and sharecropping? Answer
Sharecroppers and Tenant Farmers were unaware that they were underpaid. They also had to pay land owners for all supplies and ultimately lived the life of a slave with some payment because they only knew that lifestyle.
True or False: Dry Farming, irrigation, and terracing were techniques created in the West because of the large abundance of water available. Answer
False
oil boom in Texas producing 3.5 million barrels in the first year. In 1901, the striking of oil at this oil field was seen as the event that jumpstarted the oil boom in Texas producing 3.5 million barrels in the first year. Answer
Spindletop
rural area to an urban area for jobs. The process of making an area more urban. The movement of people from a rural area to an urban area for jobs. Answer
Urbanization
Why did the Texas Railroad Commision have the ability to regulate the oil industry? Answer
The Texas Railroad Commission was responsible for regulating the transportation and prices of oil and other goods to extinguish corruption.
Which was a major factor in the industrialization (the introduction of large scale manufacturing) of Texas? Answer
Automobiles(cars)
they received from manufacturers? How did workers respond to the poor working conditions and poor treatment they received from manufacturers? Answer
They formed labor unions.
Which marked the beginning of the oil boom in Texas? Answer
Spindletop
Largest oil discovery in Texas at the time, pumped between 3.5 to 4 million barrels per year. Answer
Spindletop
when a population undergoes repeated cycles of overshoots followed by crashes Answer
Boom and Bust
an industrial installation where a substance is cleaned and purified Answer
Refinery
Pattillo Higgins and Anthony Lucas The Daily Double! Pattillo Higgins and Anthony Lucas Answer
Struck Oil on Spindletop 1901
Why did the cotton industry explode after the Civil War even though the Southern plantation owners believed it would fail after the abolition of slavery? Answer
sharecropping and tenant farmers didn’t get paid well, it was enough incentive to make the cotton industry explode from 300,000 bails to 3,000,000 bails.
Why were buffalo important to Native Americans of the Plains Answer
Food
Which of these eventually forced American Indians onto the reservations Answer
Mass Slaughter of Buffalo
Cattle were first brought to America by explorers from Answer
Spain
c. not popular in South Texas. d. easy and safe 13. Trail driving was - a. hard work. b. done only by Tejanos. c. not popular in South Texas. d. easy and safe Answer
A. Hard work
Most cattle trails took Texas cattle from the southern part of the state to Answer
railroads in Missouri and Kansas
a farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent and leases supplies and materials from land owner Answer
Sharecroppers
Texas railroad commissioner who had supported of the Southern Farmers Alliance. Answer
Jim Hogg
This was the year Reconstruction ended Answer
1877
A cross breed of cattle that was suitable for long drives and was worth more money in the northwest Answer
Longhorn