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First President of Texas Republic
Who is Sam Houston
City where John F. Kennedy was assassinated
What is Dallas, Texas?
The Japanese Empire carries out a sneak attack on U.S. navy
What is the Battle of Pearl Harbor?
African Americans gain important rights
Hispanic Texans gain access to white schools
The Congress of Racial Equity is founded by James Farmer
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed
What is the Civil Rights Era?
Nickname for the day that saw the stock market crash at record levels, beginning the first Global Economic Crisis
What is 'Black Tuesday'?
President who passed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
Place where a major oil well was found. It supplied 94% of Texas oil for several years.
What is Spindletop?
What is the Alamo?
The Battle of Gonzalez starts the whole thing
The Battle of the Alamo takes place in San Antonio
Final Victory is achieved at San Jacinto
What is the Texas Revolution Era?
The period of time following the stock market crash in 1929, where many Americans suffered unemployment and the economy was really weak.
What is the Great Depression?
Colonel who led the regular army troops at the Alama
A hurricane nearly destroyed this town and killed thousands of its residents
What is Galveston, Texas?
Last battle of the Texas Revolution, where Santa Anna was captured and victory was achieved over Mexico
What is San Jacinto?
Cattle becomes big business in Texas
Texas becomes the nation's leading producer of cotton
Railroads are built across Texas, leading to a more urban population
What is the Cotton, Cattle and Railroads Era?
Major global event that brought the U.S. out of the Depression as it began to manufacture weapons and supplies for nations in Europe
What is World War 2?
Second President of Texas Republic. He did not want Texas to become a U.S. State.
Who is Mirabeau Lamar?
The river that Americans believed formed the southern border of Texas
What is the Rio Grande?
This short battle is called the First Battle of the Texas Revolution. It was fought over a cannon.
Texas joins the Confederate States of America
The last battle of the Civil War is fought in Texas
Juneteenth is founded to celebrate freedom for slaves
Radical Republicans in congress force harsh terms for re-admitting southern states to the union
What is the Era of Civil War and Reconstruction?
The Freedom Summer murders were the inspiration for the movie Mississippi Burning. The civil rights workers were doing this when they were killed?
What is "registering African Americans to vote"?
She helped the NCAA lead the fight to desegregate the University of Texas Law School
Who is Lulu Belle Madison White?
City founded in 1718
What is San Antonio?
Either of the two cities that were bombed by U.S. forces to end World War II in Japan
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Columbus Discovers America
Pineda is the first to map the Texas Coast
Cabeza De Vaca survives for 9 years in Texas and Mexico before making it to Mexico City.
Cordoba searches for the Lost Cities of Gold
This was the philosophy that America should expand its borders all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The phrase was used by James K. Polk in his bid to become President.
What is 'Manifest Destiny'?