Colonization
Independence
Civil War
C,C & R
Age of Oil
100
What European country was responsible for the earliest colonization of Texas?
Spain
100
In what battle did Sam Houston lead the Texans to victory and independence?
San Jacinto
100
What is the name of the military group who joined Robert E Lee to fight for the Confederacy?
Texas Brigade
100
What does C, C & R stand for?
Cotton, Cattle and Railroads
100
Where was oil first discovered in Texas?
Spindletop near Beaumont
200
Who was responsible for creating the most successful colony of Anglo-Americans in Texas?
Stephen F Austin
200
Who was the commander at the Battle of the Alamo?
William B Travis
200
How many Civil War battles took place in Texas?
4
200
What was the purpose of the cattle trails during the 1870s?
To drive cattle north to railroad stations to ship cattle to the East for a higher profit
200
What was the name of the Texas governor who worked to break up the railroad monopoly in the late 1800s?
James Hogg
300
What is the name of colony/group of people who settled in Central Texas during the empresario age?
Old Three Hundred
300
What was the name of the Texas general who was executed along with his men near Goliad?
James Fannin
300
Name the group of Texas soldiers who never "officially" surrendered after the Civil War?
Terry's Texas Rangers
300
What invention led to the end of cattle drives and eventually closed the open range?
Barbed Wire
300
How did the United States become involved in World War I?
Zimmerman Note
400
What was the name of the area of land given to empresarios?
Sitio
400
What is the name of the first battle of the Texas Revolution?
Battle of Gonzales
400
What is the significance of the Juneteenth celebration?
The official reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, following the Civil War
400
What did the expansion of railroads in Texas change about agriculture in Texas?
Farmers were able to switch from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture
400
What were the names of the two political groups who worked for reform of industries and society in the early 1900s?
Populists and Progressives
500
What two European countries sent the largest group of settlers to Texas in the 1800s?
Germany and Ireland
500
What is the name of the messenger who escaped from the Alamo, carrying Travis' famous letter to Sam Houston?
Juan Seguin
500
What were the two most important reasons that Texans supported leaving the Union and joining the Confederacy?
Slavery for the cotton industry and state's rights
500
What three inventions changed agriculture in the late 1800s?
Cotton Gin, Steel Plow, telegraph
500
What impact did the discovery of oil at Spindletop have on Texas?
Urbanization and a booming Texas economy!!!!
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