Identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the factors leading to the expansion of the Texas frontier, the effects of westward expansion on American Indians, the buffalo soldiers, and Quanah Parker.
Identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the development of the cattle industry from its Spanish beginnings and the cowboy way of life.
Explain the political, economic, and social impact of the agricultural industry and the development of West Texas resulting from the close of the frontier.
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What major factors led to the expansion of the Texas frontier?
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The frontier was closed.
The population of Texas decreased.
A large supply of land and cattle.
All of the above.
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Who was Quanah Parker?
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The son of a Texas Ranger named Colonel Parker who led raids to steal cattle in Mexico.
A Buffalo Soldier in Texas who led the biggest offensive against the Comanche tribes of west Texas.
An ex-slave once owned by Cynthia Ann Parker who became a successful business man in Texas.
A Comanche chief whose mother was an Anglo-American named Cynthia Ann Parker who was captured by Comanche raiders as a child. His father was Chief Peta Nacona.
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What major factors led to the expansion of the Texas frontier?
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113.19.6.A
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Who was Quanah Parker?
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113.19.6.A
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Which statement below best describes a Buffalo Soldier?
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113.19.6.A
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The need to protect settlers moving west in the regions north of Texas led to the establishment of U.S. Army posts and forts which in turn needed to be supplied with food. Which of the following resulted from this need?
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113.19.6.A
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As Americans migrated westward both in Texas and the rest of the United States, which of the following is a logical conclusion?
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113.19.6.A
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Where did cattle in Texas come from?
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113.19.6.B
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The tools, dress, traditions, and techniques of the American Cowboy were developed from which of the following?
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113.19.6.B
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What do these individuals have in common: Charles Goodnight, Oliver Loving, Maria del Carmen Cavillo, Bose Ikard and Elizabeth Johnson Williams
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113.19.6.B
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What was the significance of barbed wire?
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113.19.6.B
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Which of the following is one of the results of the invention of barbed wire?
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113.19.6.B
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What was one positive effect of the development of the windmill?
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113.19.6.B
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Railroads did which of the following for Texas?
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113.19.6.C
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James Hogg did NOT do which of the following?
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113.19.6.C
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James Hogg is credited for which of the following?
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113.19.6.C
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Which of the following is true about agriculture in Texas?
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113.19.6.D
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Which of the following resulted from farmers moving west and the removal of Native Americans in Texas?
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113.19.6.D
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What happened as farmers put up barbed wire fences on land that had been free rangeland for ranchers?
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113.19.6.D
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One result of the Range Wars includes which of the following?
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113.19.6.D
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The closing of the frontier and development of west Texas did which of the following?
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113.19.6.D
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One major characteristic of the development of west Texas is described by which of the following?
