The Republic of Texas & Annexation
When Texas became a state of the USA.
When was 1845?
He was president from 1845-1849.
Who was James K. Polk?
The biggest cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
It went BOOM in Beaumont in 1901.
What was Spindletop?
The nonpolitical rights of a citizen such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
What are civil rights?
He was the first, and the third, president of Texas
Who was Sam Houston?
This event ended on February 2, 1848 after 2 years of fighting.
What is the Mexican-American War?
The side in the Civil War that had more resources such as railroads and telegraph lines.
Who was the Union or the North?
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this was the cause of the USA joining World War I.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
He started the Congress of Racial Equality, C.O.R.E.
Who is James Farmer?
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
What is an immigrant?
The large chunk of land America got from Mexico after the Mexican-American War.
What was the Mexican Cession?
The belief that the federal government should not make laws or decisions for all of the states.
What are States' Rights?
It went BUST in 1929.
What was the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
A collection of programs started by LBJ to help decrease poverty in America.
What is the War on Poverty?
This immigrant group brought us kolaches and gymnastics.
Who were the Czech immigrants?
All or part of California, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming.
What states were gained through the Mexican Cession?
Loyalty to your state or section of the country first and the nation second,
What is sectionalism?
World War I was called the “War to end all wars.” Unfortunately, that was not the case and a little over 20 years after WWI ended, this started.
What was World War II?
He started a computer company in 1984 that put home computers in reach for millions of Americans (and it all started in his UT dorm room).
Who is Michael Dell.
"Our ___________ _____________ is to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions."
What is Manifest Destiny?
This formally ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Scott's great snake.
What was the Union Blockade?
We went into it an agricultural state and came out urbanized, with more industry and a varied economy.
What effect did World War II have on Texas?
What is World War II?
Well into the 1900s, agriculture was the largest industry in Texas. Although farming and ranching are still major contributors to the state’s economy, this is king.
What is the energy industry?