Slide 1Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads Slide 2 MAJOR ERAS IN TEXAS HISTORY Cotton Cotton Cattle trails Cattle trails Cowboys Cowboys Railroads Railroads Military posts in West…

Slide 1Railroads Slide 2 Slide 3 Eller, p. 66 Slide 4 Eller, p. 74 Slide 5 Corporate Timeline of the Norfolk & Western Railway* 1836 City Point Railroad chartered by…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Indus River Valley Civilization The Story Continues Thousands of years ago near the Indus River valley there existed a village called Amri, whose citizens…

Slide 1Demopolis, Alabama Demopolis, “The City of the People” is a small, thriving community in the midst of a rural area with many valuable resources: Rich Natural Resources…

Slide 1 Opening the West Slide 2 Essential Question What were the causes and effects of mining booms in the West?  Discovery of gold and silver in west led to mining boom…

Slide 1 Objective: To examine the Cattle Kingdom of the West. The Cattle Trail, 1905 courtesy, Library of Congress.Cattle Trail Slide 2 Example) Chisholm Trail – audio…

Slide 1 Industrial Revolution INCREDIBLE INVENTIONS Slide 2 The Industrial Revolution Slide 3 Industrial Revolution (industrialization)= moving from an agricultural society…

Slide 1 Unit 1: The Gilded Age Industrialization Slide 2 Have you ever used any of these products? What company created these products? Who was the man behind the creation…

Slide 1 Slide 2  Between The Civil War and World War I, corporations replaced the family-owned business as the main form of business organization Slide 3  Type of business…

Slide 1 [ 6.3 ] Railroads, Ranches, and Farms Slide 2 Learning Objectives Describe the effects of the growth of railroads on ranching and farming in Texas. Analyze the impact…