Politics
To protect its citizens.
What is the primary purpose of the government?
San Antonio
Where was the first gristmill in Texas?
An imprint to identify cattle.
What is branding?
A telegram sent to Mexico from Germany wanting to be allies.
What was the Zimmerman note?
April 14, 1935
What was Black Sunday?
Checks and Balances
How do we limit government powers?
The first railroad that went from Texas to California.
What was the Southern Pacific Railroad?
A Spanish cowboy
What is a vaquero?
US soldiers
Who were the doughboys?
Immigration
What is this called when someone leaves their country and assimilates to another country?
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
What are the three branches of government?
A Texas governor that increased the sell of cotton.
Who was Francis Richard Lubbock?
A trail from Texas up to Abilene, KS to move herds of cattle for market
What is the Goodnight-Loving Trail?
Fighter pilot that took out 5 or more enemy planes.
What was an Ace?
US Soldiers who were also African-American.
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
10 Years
How long did Texas remain an independent country?
A person who rents a plot of land in exchange for profits from the crop.
What is a tenant farmer?
Enclosed 3 million acres with a barbed wire fence.
What was the XIT Ranch?
A lethal weapon that harmed people and the environment.
What was Mustard Gas?
Prohibition
What is the 18th Amendment?
Ended Women's Suffrage
What is the 19th Amendment?
Growing of crops for sale to make a profit
What is commercial agriculture?
Richard King
Who started with 15,000 acres and grew to over a million acres?
A set of laws that protects human right abuses.
What is international Law?
Outlaws during the Great Depression
Who was Bonnie and Clyde?