Early Texas(Native/Spanish)
This region of Texas is far west and known for its mountainous terrain and deserts.
Mountains and Basins
This was the first battle of the revolution.
(Hint: It involved a cannon)
Battle of Gonzales
This was a major problem for the Republic of Texas.
Hint: $$
Debt
This amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the United States.
14th Amendment
This 1901 event in Southeast Texas led to a massive increase in oil production and helped transform the state’s economy.
Spindletop
This Native American tribe lived on the plains and followed buffalo.
Comanche/Apache/Kiowa
This leader wrote a letter asking for help/reinforcements at the Battle of the Alamo.
William B. Travis
He served as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas.
Sam Houston
These laws were created in the South to limit the freedom of African Americans after the Civil War.
Black Codes
This process increased in Texas as people moved from rural areas to cities in search of jobs in industry and oil.
Urbanization
These Native Americans lived along the Gulf Coast and relied on fishing.
Karankawa/Coahuiltecan
This Mexican general tried to stop Texas Independence.
Santa Anna
In 1845, Texas was ______________ by the United States.
Hint: (Vocabulary word that means "acquired")
Annexed
This agency supported formerly enslaved people during Reconstruction by building schools, offering legal help, and assisting with basic needs.
Freedman's Bureau
This natural resource became one of the most important drivers of Texas’s economy in the 20th century, leading to job growth and industrial expansion.
Oil
Fray Damian Massanet and Father Miguel Hidalgo are examples of.....
(Hint: It involves missions)
Friars
This battle ENDED the Texas revolution and resulted in Texas gaining its independence.
Battle of San Jacinto
Texas joined this side during the Civil War.
Confederacy
This invention forced ranchers to fence their land and helped end the open range system.
Barbed Wire
This amendment protects the right to express opinions freely, including through speech and the press.
1st Amendment
This system brought settlers to Texas under leaders like Stephen F. Austin.
Empresario System
This report warned Mexico that Anglo-American settlers were becoming too powerful in Texas.
Mier y Teran report
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
This invention provided water for ranchers in dry areas.
Windmills
This principle of the Constitution divides the U.S. government into three parts to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Separation of Powers