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What fort was created to protect Dallas?
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Ft. Worth
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Which trail went through San Antonio?
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Dodge City Trail
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Commercial farming is .....
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the type of farming where crops are produced to SELL to market for PROFIT
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Subsistence farming is .....
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the type of farming that produces only enough food for your FAMILY (to exist)
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Sharecropping is
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paying to rent land with crops (cotton, corn,
etc.) instead of $$$$ |
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What crop is King of Texas?
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cotton
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3 main industries in Texas in the 1880's-
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lumber, coal mining and manufacturing
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When and where was oil discovered in Texas?
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On January 10, 1901 in Spindletop, Tx
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A Boomtown is
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when there is a major increase or boom in population due to sudden rapid economic growth - more people and money
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Some problems in Boomtowns were....
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that they were crowded and noisy, not much drinking water and mud was a big problem
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