Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
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what is a vaquero?
a cowboy
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what are the towers called that support drilling equipment?
oil derricks
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Which side did Texas join during the Civil War?
The Confederacy
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Which amendment gave black men the right to vote?
the 15th amendment
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Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
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what happened to the open range?
it disappeared and was fenced in
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what is an oil refinery?
factory where oil is processed and made into usual products such as gasoline
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What is Juneteenth and why is June 19th celebrated?
It is the day the slaves in Texas were freed.
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which amendment gave natural born citizenship to African Americans?
the 14th amendment
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What was the last battle fought in the Civil War?
Battle of Palmito Ranch
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what is a cattle drive?
driving cattle up north on the trails to markets.
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what was spindletop?
an oil strike at Spindletop Hill in Beaumont, Texas. This marked the beginning of the Texas Oil Boom
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who were the buffalo soldiers?
African American soldiers that protected the frontier from attacks by American Indians
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What does Reconstruction mean?
rebuilding and reuniting the nation after the Civil War
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When the Texas coast was blockaded in Galveston, where did Texans ship their goods out?
Mexico
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what was the purpose of cattle branding?
to identify cattle and show whose was whose, and prevent rustlers from stealing cattle
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what is a wildcatter?
an independent oil operator who worked on their own in search of new oil fields
400
define states rights
rights held by states that place limits on the implied powers of the federal government over state governments
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed all slaves in the rebelling states (confederate states)
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What happened at the Battle of Galveston?
Union navy had blockaded the Texas ports and taken over the city. John Magruder launched attack against union troops using cottonclads and the union troops were defeated.
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what was life like for a cowboy?
tough! sometimes rode 24hrs a day, faced harsh weather including rain, blizzards, and heat. Long journeys!
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what is the boom and bust cycle?
business/economic cycle of successes and failures
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Who was John Bell Hood?
leader of Hood's Texas Brigade which was a group of soldiers that fought in the Civil War