Principles of Government
"The House of Representatives cannot make a law establishing a national religion," is an example of what?
limited government
What was the 13th Amendment?
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude ... shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Slavery is abolished
What reform centered on changing laws to allow women to vote (Suffrage)?
Women's suffrage Movement
Seawall
Where was the largest oil deposit in Texas history found?
Spindletop
Which principle of U.S. government consists of supreme authority belonging to the people?
Popular sovereignty
What was the 14th Amendment?
Citizenship is granted to everyone who is a Natural-Born Citizen. All citizens are eligible for the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property...
This reform came in the form of Texas Railroad Commission
Railroad reform
This invention allow for water to be available where there was none before as long as there is wind.
Windmills
What did the discovery of oil in Spindletop do to the local economy?
Growth, boom town, migration
A system where power is divided and shared between the national, state, and local governments
Federalism
What was the 15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied... by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
This populist would become Governor and pushed for women's suffrage and railroad reform by regulating the amount of money that could be charged by the railroads
Governor Hogg
This invention by Gideon, protected farmers fields, and ended the open range and cattle drives
Barbed wire
Name one social change, political change, and economic change that occurred as the result of the discovery of oil
Migration
Laws to protect land and water
Boomtowns
The concept that government power is divided or separated between the three branches
Separation of Powers
What was done to limit the freedoms of Freedmen?
Black Codes
Grandfather Clause
Sharecropping
Tenant Farming
KKK
What kind of people did the populist party mainly consist of?
poor white southern farmers
This innovation allow for the rapid growth of rural areas and help cities grow into urbanized areas
The Railroad
What is a bust?
as the in flow of money slows down or ends, the economy begins to fail and fall apart
The idea that each branch can limit or check the power of the other keeping any one branch from becoming too powerful
Checks and balances
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
Help newly freed slaves with
Legal services (lawyers)
Food, Jobs, Education, and money
Name one of the three reforms that the populist pushed for?
Women's Suffrage
Labor Unions
Railroads
Name one of the Cattle Trails that went through Texas
Goodnight Loving Trail
Shawnee Trail
The Great Western Trail
Chisholm Trail
True or False
Yanez is older than Michael Jackson?
False