European Colonization
This group of Europeans colonized Texas, Mexico, and much of South America.
Who is the Spanish?
This branch creates the laws
Who is the Legislative Branch?
Texas won this battle and gained their independence from Mexico.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
Who is the Spanish?
The first 10 amendments are known as
What is the bill of rights?
This woman was the first African American woman to serve in the Texas Senate and to serve in the US House of Representatives
Who is Barbara Jordan?
why did Texas join the civil war
So, they can keep slavery
These 3 goals were the main reason for European colonization in North and South America.
What are gold, god, and glory
OR
To get wealth, spread religion, and make their country proud.
This branch enforces the laws and also has the power to pass or veto (deny) laws.
Who is the Executive Branch?
This civil rights group was created to advocated for Latin American citizens living in the United States.
League of United Latin American Citizens
This group of Indigenous Americans (Native Americans) lived along the coast of Texas and were the first people to meet the Spanish colonizers.
Who are the Karankawa?
This document provides outlines how the government is structured and ran.
Provides the framework for how the government is supposed to work.
What is the Constitution?
Who was led the march on Selma
John Lewis
This principle of government gives the ability for one branch to limit the power of the others.
What is Checks and Balances?
Slavery was important to Texas for this reason
Because it was important to their economy (the way they made money) which was farming.
This was the main goal of the Spanish in Texas.
What is to spread religion (Christianity)?
These rights are protected in First Amendment in the United States Bill of Rights and Texas Bill of Rights
what are freedom of speech, religion, the press, peacefully assemble, and petition the government.
13th - abolished slavery
14th - guaranteed citizenship to all born in America and all people are equal.
15th - African American men get the right to vote.
Give an example of Popular Sovereignty
Popular sovereignty means that people have the power in government. An example of this is when people vote for a governor, mayor, or president.