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Texas History Flashcards

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What is President Lamar best known for?

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Public education.

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Where was the site of the first capital of the New Republic?

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Houston.

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What president of the Republic pushed for annexation?

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Sam Houston.

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After Texas became a state, what was rage next step?

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They needed to make a state constitution.

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The transfer of land in the Treaty of Guadalupe giving part of the U.S. to Mexico was known as?

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Cession.

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Why did Mexico refuse to accept the Treaties of Velasco?

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Santa Anna’s life was in danger when he signed it.

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What did most Texans do for a living between 1845 and 1860?

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They were ranchers and farmers.

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Most immigrants came to Texas from?

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Germany.

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What does secede mean?

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To withdraw formally.

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Union supporters in Texas were located in what part of the state?

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The North.

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During the Civil War, most of the fighting in Texas was over what?

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Keep Texas ports open.

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What was the main issue the North and South disagreed on?

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Slavery

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Why was the Republican Party formed?

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To stop westward expansion of slavery.

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What did political reconstruction require the South to do?

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Write a new state constitution that rejected succession, and did away with slavery.

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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Freed all staves in Confederate states.

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The major contribution of the Freedman’s Bureau was?

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Creating schools for African American children.

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What two Native Texans groups posed the greatest threat to the settlers?

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The Comanches and Kiowas.

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What is a buffalo soldier?

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An African American soldier on the frontier.

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What forced the Comanches and Kiowas onto reservations?

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The destruction of their homes, food, horses, and buffalo.

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What is a cow town?

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A market or shipping point for cattle.

20
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What culture did the Texas cattle industry originate from?

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Spanish

21
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What two inventions led to the closing of the open range?

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Barbed wire and windmills.

22
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What was the main crop grown in Texas in the late 1800s?

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Cotton.

23
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Define tenant farming.

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Renting the land on which one lives and farms.

24
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Define cycle of poverty.

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Not able to pay off one’s debt year after year.

25
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Who did farmers buy cheap land from in the late 1800s?

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The railroad companies.

26
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Who believed there was oil under the salt dome at Spindletop?

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Patillo Higgins

27
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When was the largest reserve of oil in the world hit?

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January 10, 1901

28
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What is a boom?

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A time of great economic growth.

29
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Name the three major early reforms in Texas in the late 1800s to early 1900s.

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Improving education, prohibition, and women’s suffrage.

30
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The Galveston hurricane of 1900 was the worst natural disaster to hit?

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The United States.

31
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Before the Galveston hurricane of 1900, Galveston was known as?

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The greatest port in Texas.

32
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Date for the Galveston Hurricane.

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September 8, 1900.

33
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The city of Galveston built what after the hurricane?

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The 17-foot sea wall.

34
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After the Galveston hurricane, what type of government became popular in many towns and cities?

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Mayor and council/commission

35
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Which side of the U.S. joined when it entered World War I?

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The allies.

36
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Far, work in the 1920s was made faster by what two things?

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Motors and machines.

37
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Give three reasons the U.S. entered World War I?

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The U.S. Mexican Conflict, the Zimmerman Telegram, and the sinking of the Lusitania.

38
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Name three people associated with the U.S. Mexican Conflict.

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Poncho Villa, President Wilson, and John Pershing.

39
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What was the nam given to states devastated by drought?

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The Dust Bowl.

40
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Define the Great Depression.

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Economic slowdown, loss of jobs, stick market crash.

41
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What president introduced the New Deal?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

42
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Who did the New Deal help?

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Got more jobs, youth, and farmers.

43
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Who was Audie Murphy?

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The most decorated soldier in World War II.

44
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Name three World War I heroes from Texas.

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Oveta Culp Hobby, Dorie Miller, and General Dwight d. Eisenhower.

45
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What event led to the U.S. entering World War II?

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The bombing of Pearl Harbor.

46
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What is meant by “separation of powers”?

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Checks and balances so one branch doesn’t have more than other branches.

47
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Give three things the Texas Constitution describes?

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What a government must do, can do, and cannot do.

48
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Define Texas Bill of Rights.

A

The freedoms and rights of texans in the Texas constitution.

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