Texas history final Flashcards
Buffalo Soldier
African American soldiers who were in the 9th and 10th cavalry, as well as in the 24th and 25th infantry Regiments stationed in Texas. This was for the informer slaves
Last Comanche Quach Parker
the last chief of the Comanches and a skilled warrior.
Last Comanche Cynthia Ann Parker
Was kidnapped by the Comanche as a small child and raised by them.
Governor James Hogg As Texas Attorney General and governor
He worked at reforming big business, fighting to protect citizens from unjust business practices. He supported the Texas railroad commission.
Governor James Hogg Political Impact
Increase of revenue for sale.
Governor James Hogg Economic impact
Products were moved, sold, and transported across the nation.
Governor James Hogg Social Impact
Farmers moved west. New farming methods- irrigation and terraces, increased sharecropping, and tenant farming resulted in many people being in deep debt.
State’s rights and slavery
Were the main reasons for the civil war. Texas was rated top 10 cotton producing. Production decreased during the civil war. The North won the civil war
Tenant farmers
Farmers who rented land on which to grow crops
Cattle
Were brought to the Americans by the Spaniards.
Prior to the civil war cattle
roamed freely and mixed with other cattle in the religion from the Rio Grande to the upper Panhandle. The the price of cattle increased
Long cattle drives Began in
Texas to Kansas, Colorado, and Missouri, creating cattle trails, such as the Chisholm trail and the Goodnight- loving Trail in an effort to move cattle to markets
The introduction of barbed wire
brought a final end to the cattle drives
By the turn of the century cattle ranching
Had shifted to raising livestock in fenced pastures.
