Unit 8 Crossword
Across
- 2. The chisholm trail ended in the city of Abilene ______________
- 5. The Texas Railroad Commission was created by __________________ in order to protect Texans from unfair business practice
- 11. Hispanic immigrants settled throughout the state of Texas but most commonly along the _____________ River
- 12. machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds
- 13. Railroad is a railroad that runs across the whole United States
- 14. Cattle trails existed because people had to get the cattle onto _____________ to ship them east
- 15. Immigrants who settled in the Houston area and created the towns of Fredericksburg and New Braunfels for economic opportunities and cheap land
- 16. Most commonly used cattle trail during the late 1800s
Down
- 1. Cheap fencing material that brought an end to the Cattle Trails
- 3. The all black units of the 9th and 10th Cavalry were nicknamed the __________ soldiers
- 4. Meeting place of two or more railroads
- 6. Quanah Parker was the last chief of the ____________ tribe
- 7. prairie land where cattle roamed freely without fences
- 8. Device using wind power to pump water from underground to use for farming
- 9. breed of cattle that developed as Spanish breeds mixed with English cattle brought by
- 10. New _________ developed along the railways as they were being built in Texas