General History
Texas was the ____ state to secede?
What is: 7th state
When was the Alamo?
When is: 1836
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Who is: Eli Whitney
What admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state?
What is: The Compromise of 1820
What is the idea that it was a God-given right to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean?
What is: Manifest Destiny
How did Texas contribute to World War I?
What is:
-Oil production
-1 million Texans registered for the War.
-Built many notable military bases
-Helped with food production through agriculture. Rationing too such as Meatless Mondays.
What happened at the Appomattox Courthouse?
What is: Lee surrenders to Grant
Who was the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence?
Who is: George Childress
What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
What is:
-Admit California as a free state
-Established a boundary between Texas and the United States
-Abolished the slave trade in Washington, DC
-Amended the Fugitive Slave Act
-New Mexico and Utah and organized without mention of slavery (popular sovereignty)
What is an abolitionist?
What is: an individual who sought to abolish (get rid of) slavery.
What was the Dust Bowl?
What is: severe drought coupled with overharvesting around the time of the Great Depression.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Who is: John Wilkes Booth
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, what book explored the life of an enslaved person?
What is: Uncle Tom's Cabin
What did the 13th amendment do?
What is: granted freedom for formerly enslaved people.
What is secession?
What is: when a territory formerly withdraws from another country.
What was the Zimmermann telegram about?
What is: Germany provoking Mexico to start a border war.
This event marked the birth of the modern petroleum industry in the U.S.
What is: Spindletop (1901)
What invention brought about an end to the era of Cowboys?
What is: Joseph Glidden's Barbed Wire
What was the office that acted as a simple welfare agency, trying to help those transition from enslavement to freedom.
What is: the Freedmen's Bureau
What was temperance?
What is: a movement that sought to restrict drinking.
What are all 6 flags that have flown over Texas?
What is:
-Kingdom of Spain
-Kingdom of France
-Republic of Mexico
-Republic of Texas
-Confederacy
-United States of America
What year was the 19th amendment passed and ratified?
What is: 1920
Who was credited as patenting the first commercially successful bulb in 1879?
Who is: Thomas Edison
What are Black Codes?
What is: legislation that sought to restrict the rights of the Black community. (Keep them in bondage)
What is popular sovereignty?
What is: power is vested in the will of the people.