Texas History 1
How did the introduction of barbed wire fences benefit farmers?
What is: Protecting crops from damage
This principle of government included the the Governor vetoing a bill but legislature overriding the veto
What is Checks and Balances
What amendment gives americans the right to speak, write, or publish their opinions on any subject
What is the 1st amendment
What type of economy is described by limited government and private ownership
What is Free Enterprise
Who served as the chief of the Comanche
Quanah Parker
How does the 4th amendment protect Americans rights
What is: Prohibits unreasonable searches/siezures
What was the effect of there being poor working conditions in the US?
What is: labor unions formed
What would be a major cause for rising populations in cities
What is the rise of industrialization
What constitutional principle is described by being seperated by three distinct departments
Separation of Powers
What was the effect of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Increased debate over slavery
How does the 6th amendment protect Americans rights?
What is: the right to a speedy trial by jury
What was an effect of the US expanding logging opporations?
What is the exhaustions of natural resources
What was a direct cause of the US-Mexican War
What is a boundary dispute
What happened in 1845
Texas annexed by the US
What country influenced names of cities in Southwest United States
What is Spain
How does the 8th amendment protect Americans rights?
What is: Prohibits excessive bail
What river did the US claim was the border between Mexico and Texas?
What is the Rio Grande
What rights were effected by poll taxes and literacy tests?
What is the right to vote
What happened in 1861
What was the outcome of Sectionalism, States rights, and Slavery
What is the Civil War
How does the 19th Amendment extend the democratic process?
What is: increased women's suffrage
What era of US history was Abraham Lincoln elected as president?
What is The Civil War
Who did American cowboys borrow the methods of herding cattle on the open range from
What is Spanish Vaqueros
What happened in 1876
Texas Constitution
What was the accomplishment of the Freedmens Bureau
Providing educational opportunities to newly freed men and women
This war allowed the US to gain land, which subsequently led to the Compromise of 1850
What is the US-Mexican War
What movement in the US worked to solve social and political issues
What is the Progressive Movement
What laws targeted African Americans rights
What is Black Codes
What was discovered in 1901
Oil in Spindletop
What was the result of Anglo settlement with Westward expansion
Plains indians were removed and forced onto Reservations