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- 4. which trail was used first?
- 5. West Texas is too ____ to support farming so ranching became more prominent.
- 7. supplied water for railways, small towns, and small farms in areas that were not near rivers or streams.
- 10. assimilated into American culture and encouraged other Comanches to assimilate also
- 11. one consequence of the use of barbed wired on the ___________ (open range) of Texas included the end of the cattle drives
- 14. The introduction of windmills allowed farmers and ranchers in West Texas to ____________ of their crops without having access to a river
- 15. the range wars of the late 1800s in Texas were caused by ranchers fencing land with ______________
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- 1. After the Civil War, several _________ trails were added to transport longhorns to railroads to sell to markets in the North East.
- 2. Who brought cattle and cotton to America
- 3. farmers who rent land from a landowner to grow crops
- 4. farmers who rent land and tools from a landowner to grow crops
- 6. Profits rose as ___________ gave farmers an inexpensive way to ship their crops to new markets.
- 8. which region of Texas was most of the cotton industry located by the late nineteenth century?
- 9. The development of ranching in West Texas was primarily influenced by a lack of ___________ resources in West Texas
- 12. The end of the Civil War brought a __________ cattle industry as more demand for beef in the East increased profits?
- 13. means The numbers of Texans began a trend of increasing in the cities