Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction
The Era between 1861-1865.
What is the Civil War?
Protected the western frontier
What was the purpose of the Buffalo soldiers?
Farmers and ranchers in West Texas were able to grow crops.
What is the effect of irrigation on farmers and ranchers?
The social effect of the Dust Bowl on Texans.
What is people moved to California?
Stay informed about things in society.
What is a responsible citizen should do in a representative democracy?
The social reason for the Civil War.
What is Slavery?
Forced to move to reservations in Oklahoma.
What effects did westward expansion have on Native Americans?
Jane McCallum, voting rights for women, 19th Amendment
What is the suffrage movement?
A seawall and created a city commission to deal with disasters.
What is the Galveston Hurricane of 1900?
Civic responsibility and participation.
What is voting, being informed by newspapers, television, and internet, jury duty, running for city, county, and state elected offices, paying taxes?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are collectively known as...
What is Reconstruction Amendments?
Cowboys were fearless, independent and carefree.
What is a myth of the cowboy way of life?
Were for the working class and wanted economic equality.
What are the similarities of the Populist and Progressive movement?
The growth of the major cities.
What is advanced technology and new industries?
Keeps citizens informed.
What is free press important in democracy?
The name of the organization that provided relief for the newly freed slaves during Reconstruction.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
Expanded business opportunities as cities grew.
What are railroads?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
The end of the open range?
What is barbed wire?
Henry B. Gonzalez
Who was the first Mexican American from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?
Texans argued that their right to ignore tariffs and other federal laws was supported by...
What is state's rights?
Limited supply of cotton caused an increase the price of cotton.
How did the boll weevil benefit Texas cotton farmers?
Women went to work.
What is the economic impact of WWI?
Hector P. Garcia
Which of the following created the GI Forum to help veteran Mexican-Americans after WWII?
Barbara Jordan
Who was the first African American woman from the South to be represented in the U.S. House of Representatives?