Government
What amendment gives Americans the right to speak, write, or publish their opinions on any subject, as well as the right to practice their chosen religion?
What is the 1st amendment
What helped protect farmers' crops from large herds of cattle being driven to market?
What is barbed wire
What was the outcome of Sectionalism, States rights, and Slavery
What is the Civil War
What laws targeted African Americans rights after Reconstruction?
What is Black Codes
Who developed a revolutionary drill bit system after Spindletop and became one of the most wealthy people in the world?
Howard Hughes, Sr
How does the 4th amendment protect Americans rights
What is: Prohibits unreasonable searches/siezures
What country influenced names of cities in Southwest United States? Also the origin of the lasso, cowboy hats, and horse riding expertise?
What is Spain
What organization provided educational opportunities, food, and medical care to newly freed men and women?
What was the accomplishment of the Freedmens Bureau
What happened in 1845
Texas was annexed by the United States
For what specific purpose was vast amounts of Texas land used during World War II and directly led to a massive influx of people and significant population growth?
What are military bases
How does the 6th amendment protect Americans rights?
What is the right to a speedy trial by jury in criminal cases
Former slaves and veterans from the Civil War. Their primary job in Texas was to protect white settlers from Native Americans on the frontier.
Buffalo Soldiers
What rights were effected by poll taxes and literacy tests?
What is the right to vote
What system of government was created as a result of the Great Storm of 1900
What is Commission System
The U.S. entered WWII as a result of what event?
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor
How does the 19th Amendment extend the democratic process?
What is: increased women's suffrage
What is the belief in the right of the U.S. to extend it's borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
What is Manifest Destiny
What was the pre-civil war Compromise that agreed there would be no federal laws regarding slavery in the Mexican Cession, California would enter the U.S. as a free state, and there would be a stronger Fugitive Slave Act?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
What constitutional principle is described by being seperated by three distinct departments
Separation of Powers
Who was the woman who formed the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in WWII?
Who is Oveta Culp Hobby
This principle of government includes the Governor vetoing a bill but legislature overriding the veto
What is Checks and Balances
Towns that grew as people moved to Texas because of economic growth created by oil discovery
What are boomtowns
This Civil War battle in Texas opened up a Southern port when General John Magruder defeated the Union?
What is the Battle of Galveston
Who was the mother of Quanah Parker who was "rescued" by Sul Ross? (Quanah later served as the chief of the Comanche)
Who is Cynthia Parker
The document protecting individual rights such as free speech, right to bear arms, right to a fair trial, and protects against unlawful search and seizure.
What is the Bill of Rights
How does the 8th amendment protect Americans rights?
What is: Prohibits excessive bail and cruel and extreme punishment for crimes
What river did the US claim was the border between Mexico and Texas?
What is the Rio Grande
What was the first battle of the Civil War and who was the U.S. President at the time?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Abraham Lincoln
In 1917, state officials began to pass restrictions designed to control part of the oil industry. The agency originally enforced laws regarding the railroad industry. The agency was...
What is the Texas Railroad Commission?
What reform movement was inspired because of poor working conditions in the US?
What is: labor unions formed