Early Exploration/Colonization
The Spanish gave him permission to bring Anglo-American settlers to (the land that is now) Texas, to populate it, and defend it from Native American attacks.
Who was Moses Austin
*Out of order
Overgrazing, overfarming, drought and high winds
What are conditions that contributed to the Dust Bowl
The Texans wanted other nations to recognize them as a country.
What is they hoped international recognition would force Mexico to give up claims on their territory.
A farmer who rented land and supplies in exchange for a portion of his crop.
What is a sharecropper
An extended bust cycle where large number of Texans were out of work, farms were failing, and the oil industry declined.
What is The Great Depression
This mission was located along the San Antonio River near the El Camino Real
What is San Antonio de Bexar (San Antonio)?
Belongs in catagory of "Modern Texas:"
Built a 6 mile sea wall, and raised the island 17 feet.
What did Galveston do to protect itself from future hurricanes.
Three problems that faced the new Republic of Texas.
What are:
Native American Conflicts
Conflict/tension with Mexico
Debt
What was the name of the famous 1901 oil strike, and the city it was near, that became a boomtown because of it.
What are Spindletop and Beaumont?
Gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
What is they were to be Catholic
He wrote a letter to the People of Texas & all Americans, claiming that without reinforcements, he could not hold his position. He wanted help!
Who is William B. Travis in the Battle of the Alamo
Most Texans had come from Southern States, and supported the right of states to be slave or free.
How did sectionalism affect Texans in the beginning of the Civil War.
Believed the Constitution gave states the right to oppose the Federal Government, and that each state had the right to choose to adopt of abolish slavery.
What are 2 reasons the South believed before the Civil War.
Even though most Americans did not want to get involved in the war, the Americans finally join this group of powers.
What are the Allies
He was able to move safely through Texas because the natives thought he was a healer.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca
Olveta Culp Hobby
Who is the first woman to win the Army's distinguished Service Medal?
Why did the Plains Indians continue their attacks against buffalo hunters and settlers?
What is they were desperate to protect their hunting grounds.
His mother was kidnapped by his tribe.
She married the leader of the Comanche.
He became the leader of the Comanche.
He led the forces at Adobe Walls
Who is Quanah Parker
The American GI Forum was founded by
Who is Hector Garcia
The year that Alvaro Alvariz de Pineda mapped the Texas Coast
1519
He led the Tejano forces at the Siege of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto
Who is Juan Seguin
Name 6 states that Mexico lost to the U.S. AFTER the MX-American War
What are: (CANCUN)
1.California
2. Arizona
3. New Mexico
4. Colorado
5. Utah
6. Nevada
The 11 states that formed the Confederacy.
What are: 1. Louisiana, 2. Arkansas, 3. Tennessee, 4. Mississippi, 5. Alabama, 6. Georgia, 7. Florida, 8. South Carolina, 9. North Carolina, 10. Virginia 11. Texas
You must know where they are on a map
Four Texans who famously served in the Second World War
Who are:
Dorie Miller
Audie Murphy
Chester Nimitz
Oveta Culp Hobby