things
Galveston Hurricane
biggest natural disaster in Texas history
Temperance
the movement to ban alcohol
Robert Lee Howze
WWI general from Texas
H. Roy Cullen
major industrialist who donated money all over Texas
Ross S. Sterling
Governor of Texas who tried to ease the Depression
Cotton Palace
festival to celebrate the cotton boom in the Waco area
36th Infantry Division
“Texas Division”; the Texas National Guard
Charles Gray Catto
flying ace and mayor of Waco
Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary who raided America
“Pa” Ferguson
popular governor of Texas; wet candidate; opposed the KKK; kicked out due to corruption
Praetorian Building
first skyscraper west of the Mississippi (in Dallas)
“Black Tuesday”
the day the stock market crashed in 1929
William S. Graves
led American troops in Russian Civil War
pancho villa
Mexican revolutionary who raided America
“Ma” Ferguson
first female governor of Texas; basically acted as a repeat of Pa’s governorship
90th Infantry Division
“Tough Ohmbres”; division of Texans and Oklahomans, originally all hispanic
Doughboy
nickname for American soldiers in WWI
Nieman-Marcus
first major department store in Texas
William Thomas Wagoner
wealthiest man in Texas off of oil money
Pat Moris Neff
Governor who gave a lot of money to state parks and Baylor; dry candidate
Zimmerman Telegraph
message from Germany to Mexico telling them to attack the USA
Suffrage
the right to vote
Texas Guinan
“Queen of the Speakeasies”; performer from Waco
Anthony Francis Lucas
discovered Spindletop Hill
Dan Moody
– Governor who prosecuted the KKK