the Texas Governor removed from office after he refused to take the oath of loyalty to the Confederate States of America
Who is Sam Houston?
100
"...Mexico has passed the boundary of the U.S., has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil."
What is the quote that led to the Mexican War?
100
The branch of government that makes laws
What is the legislative branch?
100
the boundaries disagreed upon that led to the Mexican War
What were the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers?
100
voting for governor
What is an example of a civil responsibility?
200
the former slaves that carried out tasks such as scouting, mapping, building roads, patrolling the Texas frontier and protecting settlements from Native American raids
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
200
Celebrated on Juneteenth when it arrived by word with Gordon Granger
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
Our state and national goverments operate within three branches of government
What is the principle of separation of powers?
200
closed by barbed wire, windmills, and railroads
What is the open range?
300
He started "PC's Limited" from his college dorm in 1984 and began building and selling personal computers from stock computer parts.
Who is Michael Dell?
300
Ended the Mexican War, agreed that Texas was part of the U.S., the Rio Grande was the southern border, and Mexican Cession was agreed upon
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
300
the part of the Texas and U.S. Constitutions that establishes individual rights
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
the site that revolutionized the oil industry in Texas in 1901
What is Spindletop?
300
developed near railroads as the sales price increased from $4 to $40 per head
What were cattle markets?
400
He aimed to reduce poverty, advance education and provide civil rights for all during his Presidency.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson or LBJ?
400
time period after the Civil War that came to an end with the election of Governor Davis and the state ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments
What is Reconstruction?
400
We answer first to the U.S. Constitutition and second to our State Constitution.
What is the principle of federalism?
400
shortage of basic supplies such as clothes, shoes, medicine, and men as well as declinign cotton trade
What were the home front hardships during the Civil War?
400
State Treasurer and first woman from Texas elected to the U.S. Senate. Retiring in 2012.
Who is Kay Bailey Hutchison?
500
Well known medical doctor in Houston who invented the component of the heart-lung machine to make open heart surgery possible
Who was Michael DeBakey?
500
the belief that the U.S. should expand from east to west, Atlantic to Pacific attaining all of the territory within
What is Manifest Destiny?
500
The idea that the "best government is the least government".
What is popular sovereignty?
500
where most foreign immigrants came to Texas from and where they tended to settle
What were Mexico and Europe and in the Coastal Plains?
500
Texas is the gateway for Mexican goods to reach U.S. and Canada. Exports doubled. Texas products were largely sold in Mexico.