First Semester
What did the first peoples cross to arrive in the Americas?
Bering Land Bridge
Explain Sectionalism
Increased loyalty to one's own region instead of the country as a whole.
An impact of the invention of Barbed Wire on the Texas frontier was --
Cattle drives coming to an end. The open frontier ends.
What is the name and date of the day the stock market crashed signaling the beginning of the Great Depresssion?
Black Tuesday on 10/29/1929
How did Jim Crow Laws affect the South?
The South segregated society by race.
How did Texas gain its modern-day shape and borders?
The Compromise of 1850. Texas sold parts of its land to pay off the Texas Revolution debt.
Name the phases of Reconstruction in construction in the order they occurred.
Presidential, Congressional, Redeemer.
Name of last Comanche Chief --
Quanah Parker
What is an internment camp?
A place to imprison Japanese and German-Americans during WW2.
Barbara Jordan
Explain the Mission and Presidio System:
Bonus 200 points to explain why it failed.
Missions were used to convert Native Americans into Spanish-speaking Catholic citizens to populate Texas for Spain to claim the land. Presidios were military forts used to protect the missions.
It failed because Native Americans did not want to convert to Catholicism, they ran away, and died from diseases.
What was the name of the last battle of the Civil War and why was it unique?
The last battle of the Civil War was Battle of Palmito Ranch, and it was unique because it occurred after the war was already over.
One way Texas Governor James Hogg worked to protect Texans from unfair business practices (monopolies) was by —
Supporting the creation of the Texas RR Commission
What is the name of the program and President that developed it to help Americans get jobs during the Great Depression?
FDR and the New Deal
What was the effect and decision of Brown v. Board of Education?
The decision stated separate cannot be equal, so segregation of public schools ended in the South.
Explain the causes of the Texas Revolution:
Slavery being limited, abolishment of the Mexican Federalist Constitution of 1824, Texans retaining American identity, lack of representation in the Mexican Government.
What year did Texas write its current constitution?
Bonus 500 points if you can name all 7 principles of the constitution
1876
Popular Sovereignty, Republicanism, Federalism, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Limited Government, and Individual Rights
How did the rising demand for oil affect the Texas economy?
Urbanization occurred with the increasing population leading to the need for more housing and crops.
How does Texas get out of the Great Depression?
Texas manufactures materials for the war and builds military bases across the state.
Why did minorities want segregation to end after WW2 ended?
They got to experience life without segregation during the war in Europe.
Explain Manifest Destiny --
Bonus 300 points if you can describe the two main effects of Manifest Destiny in Texas History
U.S. believed they had a divine right to expand westward towards the Pacific Ocean to control all of the land.
Manifest Destiny is responsible for the U.S. annexing Texas and the beginning of the U.S.-Mexican War.
Why did the Civil War begin?
Bonus 200 points if you can name which state seceded first.
The South did not want to get rid of slavery because it would disrupt how they made money.
South Carolina
How did the government remove the Native Americans from the frontier in Texas? Where did they go?
The government ordered veterans to hunt buffalo to disrupt the Comanches food source and way of life. They were moved onto Native American Reservations in Oklahoma.
Audie Murphy
What are the acronyms for the two Civil Rights activist organizations?
Bonus 100 points if you can state the full name the acronyms represent.
NAACP and LULAC
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
League of United Latin American Citizens