CottonCattleRR Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What made the cattle drives profitable? | Railroad - moo moos to the choo choo |
| How did the farmers fix cattle & piggies getting trampled by cattle drives riding through their ranges? | Barbed Wire |
| Definitive marking on cattle that indicated who the cattle belong to? | Branding |
| What are three facts about Buffalo Soldiers? | 1) Discriminated against 2)Worked hard to build roads, forts and map Texas 3) Got their name from the Native Americans. |
| Who am I? Son of an American woman captured by the Comanche. I was the last Chief of the Comanche. I assimilated to (adopted) the American culture and convinced other Native Americans to do the same. | Quanah Parker |
| An area of frequent conflict between settlers and Native Americans | The Texas Frontier |
| Who is credited with creating cattle ranching in Texas? | The Spanish |
| Spanish ranches were originally used for | Providing food for people in the missions |
| the main job of a Texas cowboy | Herding cattle with cattle drives |
| Who Am I: He was known for creating anti-trust laws to help regulate railroads in Texas. He regulated unfair business practices using Hogg Laws. He was the first governor of Texas who was born in Texas. | James “Jim” Hogg |
| What was the purpose of James Hogg’s Anti-Trust Act? | To regulate laws about railroads |
| Texas moved from _________ farming to ____________ farming | Texas moved from subsistence farming to commercial farming |
| Large ranch that was home of some of the first cattle drives in Texas? | King Ranch |
| When Texas become the nation’s highest producer of cotton? | The Ranching Era |
| What group of people Mexicans or Native Americans did Texas see as a 'problem' from the time of Mirabeau Lamar to the Ranching Era? | Native Americans |
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