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Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads

Introduction

"A ghost is trapped in this house, doomed to wander through it until he recovers all his memories.To help him find them, you must first pass all the tests and get the missing items in your inventory. Explore the house and try not to get trapped yourself too..."

Inventory

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brand

barbed wire

longhorn

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This invention caused fighting between cowboys driving a herd and ranchers

Prevented cattle from moving freely in the open range

Made it easier to produce cotton and resulted in an increase of cotton grown

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Killed the boll weevil and increased cotton production

How did the cotton gin impact Texas?

Cowboys needed a job, so the trails were started to help them.

Cattle could be sold at a much greater price outside the state of Texas

03

Buffalo soldiers were trying to protect the wild buffalo

Why did cattle trails start?

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Allowed Anglo settlers to move farther west into Native American lands

Helped the agricultural economy of Texas expand.

Increased the number of windmills in West Texas

Which of the following was an impact of the railroads in Texas?

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Railroads provided cheap transportation to eastern states, leading to a decline in the population of Texas.

Windmills supplied water for railways, small towns, and small farms in areas that were not near rivers or streams.

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Boll weevil infestations and droughts caused cotton prices to soar, making cotton farming a risky industry

Barbed wire fencing protected small ranchers from big farmers who tried to illegally use their water supplies.

Which of the following human factors influenced the settlement of Texas?

From 1860-1900, which of the following most characterized society in Texas?

Women and African Americans fighting for civil rights

Independence from Mexico and democratic government

Cattle drives and wars with American Indian tribes

Drilling for oil and developing an export economy

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How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?

The demand for beef in the East brought rapid growth to the industry

The loss of the Confederacy brought many cowboys to the cattle industry

Much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war.

Farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing

03

The range wars of the late 1800s in Texas were caused by ----

immigrants moving onto lands in West Texzas

railroad companies building on American Indian lands

sharecroppers claiming public land

ranchers fencing land with barbed wire

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Inventory

224

Use the magnifying glass to find the code and then insert it into the typewriter.

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Código(224)

railroads

Water resources

politics

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The development of ranching in West Texas was primarly inflenced by ---

create early air conditioning for homes

provide electricity to the region

irrigate crops without having access to a river

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The introduction of windmills allowed farmers and ranchers in West Texas to ----

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A decline in the number of cattle ranches

The end of cattle drives

The introduction of rodeos

One consequence of the use of barbed wired on the frontier of Texas included ---

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