Cotton Cattle and Railroads

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Social Studies

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7th Grade

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Hard

Joseph Anderson

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Cotton Cattle Railroads

Multiple Choice

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

Subsistence farming

Commercial farming

Arable farming

Open Ended

Identify one significant difference between Tenant Farmers and Sharecroppers

Type response here

Multiple Choice

Corn was a major source of food for people as well as the main feed crop for Texas livestock

True

False

Multiple Choice

Looking at this picture, who do you think had the worst job?

Boss

Point

Swing

Flank

Drag

Open Ended

In your opinion, who had the most important job on a cattle drive and why?

Type response here

Multiple Choice

Cattle ranchers enjoyed sharing land with other livestock animals on the plains.

True

False

Multiple Choice

I am a former Texas Governor, Set up the Texas Railroad Commission Who am I?

Quanah Parker

Bose Ikard

James Hogg

Charles Goodnight

Multiple Choice

What role did railroads play in Texas’ economy?

Railroads brought very few people to Texas.

The trains were made to transport people only.

The railroads made it harder to transport goods to the East.

A way to transport good to market

Multiple Choice

The growth of the railroads had all of the following EXCEPT --

Windmills became important to power railroad engines

Cattle drives and open ranges ended

New cities grew up along the rail lines

Texas moved from subsistence farming to commercial farming

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