Vocabulary
Government
Dates
Important Men
Miscellaneous
100
What is soldiers that are mounted on horseback?
Calvary
100
How many constitutional principles that we have?
7
100
What is the year Texas gained its' independence from Mexico?
1836
100
What is the first president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
100
What is Texas free its' slaves on this date?
June 19, 1865
200
What is the Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring in new settlers to an area?
Empresario
200
What are the 3 branches of government?
Executive, Legislative, Judiciary
200
What is the exact date of Texas getting admitted into the Union?
December 29th, 1845
200
What is the Father of Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
200
What is the event that signaled Texas won it's independence from Mexico?
Battle of San Jacinto
300
What is Freed slaves?
Freedmen
300
Document that outlines fundamental laws and principles of laws.
Constitution
300
How many years Texas was it's own country?
10
300
What is the Father of Education?
Mirabeau Lamar
300
What is a cash crop in Texas in 1850's and 1860's?
Cotton
400
What is a member of a group that wanders from place to place?
Nomad
400
How many amendments to the Texas Constitution?
300+
400
What is the year Texas becomes part of the Union?
1845
400
What is the President of the Union during the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln
400
What is the amendment that abolished slavery?
13th amendment
500
What is the view that it was fated that the United States should expand its borders from coast to coast?
Manifest Destiny
500
How many times the United State Constitution been amended?
27
500
What is the dates of the American Civil War?
1861 - 1865
500
What is the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil war?
Jefferson Davis
500
What is who surrendered to whom and where to end the civil war?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox courthouse
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