Reconstruction
After the Civil War, this period helped rebuild the South
What is Reconstruction?
The leader of Texas is called this
What is the governor?
This crop was very important in Texas farming.
What is cotton?
Oil is sometimes called this because it is valuable.
What is “black gold”?
This was a time when many people lost jobs and money
What is the Great Depression?
During Reconstruction, formerly enslaved people gained this important right.
What is Freedom?
Texas has this type of government with three branches
What is a state government?
Cowboys moved these animals along trails to sell.
What are Cattle?
This event in 1901 started the Texas oil boom.
What is Spindletop?
Many banks closed during this time, and people lost their what?
What is savings (money)?
This amendment ended slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
These are the three branches of government.
What are executive, legislative, and judicial?
These helped transport goods and people quickly across Texas.
What are railroads?
Oil is used to make this fuel for cars
What is gasoline?
This president created programs to help people during the Depression
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This group worked to help freed people with food, schools, and jobs.
What is the Freedman Bureau?
This branch makes laws in Texas
What is the legislative branch?
This famous trail was used to drive cattle north.
What is the Chisholm Trail?
The discovery of oil caused many people to move to Texas for these
What are jobs?
Programs that helped people get jobs were part of this plan
What is the New Deal?
Texas had to do this to rejoin the United States after the Civil War.
What is write a new constitution and following U.S. laws?
The Texas Legislature meets in this city.
What is Austin?
Railroads helped Texas grow by connecting it to these.
What are markets and cities?
This industry grew quickly in Texas because of oil
What is the energy industry?
Many farmers in Texas struggled because of this environmental problem
What is drought (Dust Bowl conditions)?