Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas.
This was the main issue that divided the North and South and led to the Civil War.
What is Slavery?
These group of soldiers at first helped the Native Americans settle in the Frontier, until they were ordered to remove them by force.
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
In 1901, this area changed the oil industry in Texas forever.
What is Spindletop?
October 29, 1929. The day the stock market crashed, otherwise known as this.
What is Black Tuesday?
This Civil Rights leader in Texas founded the Civil Rights groups LULAC and the American G.I. Forum, both of which fought for the expansion of rights for Hispanic-Americans.
Who is Hector P. Garcia?
Of the 3 major Civil War battles in Texas, this one should never have counted, but Texas was late to the party in finding out the war ended.
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
This man was known famously as the last tribal chief of the Comanche tribe.
Who is Quanah Parker?
When oil was found, the area surrounding to commodity became a growing population area known as this.
What is a boomtown?
The 1930's was known as this period for all of the United States of America.
What is the Great Depression?
Which organization was formed to help the African American community during the Civil Rights' Movement?
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were all passed during Reconstruction. This Amendment gave freed slaves the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment.
This invention eventually led to the end of the concept known as the Open Range?
What is Barbed Wire?
Women fought for their right to vote, known as this type of movement, which led to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
While the Great Depression happened in the big cities of the U.S., farmers were facing this natural disaster.
What is the Dust Bowl?
Which amendment gives you freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and to petition the government.
What is the first amendment ?
Explain T.I.S.S.U.E.S.
What is tariffs/taxes, industry vs. agriculture, slavery, sectionalism, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Election of 1860, and secede?
Because of the development of this type of transportation, farmers were able to sell their goods to market by transporting them into the cities.
What are railroads?
This message, which many said was an act of war, was intercepted by the British, which indirectly involved Texas in WWI and eventually led to the United States to enter the battle.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The United States of America entered WWII after this area was bombed in Hawaii.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This political leader led a march on Washington, DC and was a supporter of nonviolent protests.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
These laws created during Reconstruction led to what would eventually be known during the Civil Rights Era as Jim Crow Laws.
What are Black Codes?
These group of hard-working people worked in the Cattle Drives and were not paid very well....in today's economic times that is.
Who are Cowboys?
True or False: Did the expansion of the oil industry help grow the other industries in Texas, and start the industrial era?
What is true?
Texas helped the United States of America by building these types of vehicles for military use overseas during WWI.
What are planes and ships?
This President from Texas served as President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and helped pass both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?