Civil War
This is when Texas officially left the United States in 1861.
What is seceding from the Union?
During the Civil War, Texas mainly depended on this industry.
What is agriculture (farming/ranching)?
This period rebuilt the South after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction?
This battle in 1863 helped protect Texas ports from Union control.
What is the Battle of Galveston?
This transportation system helped Texas grow in the late 1800s.
What are railroads?
Texas joined this side during the Civil War.
What is the Confederacy?
This term describes economic cycles of rapid growth followed by crashes.
What is boom and bust?
This is the current Texas constitution, written in 1876.
What is the Texas Constitution of 1876?
This small Texas force defeated Union troops at this 1863 battle.
What is the Battle of Sabine Pass?
This movement caused regions to argue over slavery and states’ rights.
What is sectionalism?
This document freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This invention helped farmers pump water in dry areas.
What is the windmill?
This principle limits the power of government.
What is limited government?
These conflicts occurred between settlers and Native Americans.
What are the Frontier Wars?
This system helped farmers move crops and cattle to markets.
What is the railroad system?
This naval battle helped Texas block Union ships in 1863.
What is the Battle of Galveston?
This invention helped protect crops and manage livestock.
What is barbed wire?
These are the three branches of government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
This Comanche leader worked to protect his people’s land and culture.
Who is Quanah Parker?
This term describes the end of wide-open land in Texas due to barbed wire fences.
What is the closing of the frontier?
This was the last major land battle of the Civil War, fought in Texas.
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
This invention made farming on the Plains easier by cutting tough soil.
What is the steel plow?
This governor fought against big businesses and corruption (railroads) in Texas.
Who is James Hogg?
These workers drove cattle north to the railroads.
Who are the cowboys?
This invention separates cotton from the seeds making cotton production fast.
What is the cotton gin?