Unit 8 Crossword

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

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