Texas Republic
The cash crop that dominated this country's economy
What is cotton?
The "merchant prince" of the Rio Grande
Who was Santos Benevides?
The Battle of Palmito Ranch
What was the last battle of the Civil War?
A political and legal process
What is the definition for "Reconstruction?"
Confederates would argue they were never beaten in a "fair" fight. They always won until they ran out of bullets.
What was the "lost cause" mentality?
Kidnapped by the Comanches as a child
Who was Cynthia Ann Parker?
The main economy in Antebellum Texas
What was the cotton economy?
The sons, brothers and fathers who never came back
What was the greatest loss to Texas during the Civil War?
The most successful Freedmen's Bureau program
What were the Freedmen's Schools?
Of Anglos he said, "they are flocks of vampires in the guise of men"
Who was Juan Cortina?
He was the first president of the Republic of Texas
Who was Sam Houston?
The roping saddle and chaps
What were two of the tools Anglo ranchers copied from Tejanos?
She ran the plantation "Hard Castle" during the Civil War
Who was Sara Ann Munson?
Curfews and vagrancy laws
What were two of the Black Codes?
He predicted that a war with Mexico would be America's "dose of arsenic"
Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
A battle in Arlington, Texas between settlers and Indians
What was the Battle of Village Creek?
He began life in Texas as a steamboat captain
Who was Richard King?
The failed invasion of Texas from Louisiana
What was the Red River Campaign?
Cicero Howard
Who was an example of an African American who continued to hold office after Reconstruction?
"The Texas Troubles"
What was the collective name for the fear and paranoia that resulted from Texas warehouse fires?
The engineer who helped develop the six shot revolver
Who was Samuel Colt?
The largest class of people in both the Republic and Early Statehood years
Who were farmers?
Texas Confederates were defeated in New Mexico
What happened at the Battle of Glorieta Pass?
The celebration that occurs every June in Texas
What is Juneteenth?
Spain, Mexico, France, Confederacy, Republic, and United States
What are the six flags that have flown over Texas?