Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas.
This was the main issue that divided the North and South and led to the Civil War.
What is Slavery?
These group of soldiers at first helped the Native Americans settle in the Frontier, until they were ordered to remove them by force.
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
In 1901, this area changed the oil industry in Texas forever.
What is Spindletop?
October 29, 1929. The day the stock market crashed, otherwise known as this.
What is Black Tuesday?
This Civil Rights leader in Texas founded the Civil Rights groups LULAC and the American G.I. Forum, both of which fought for the expansion of rights for Hispanic-Americans.
Who is Hector P. Garcia?
Of the 3 major Civil War battles in Texas, this one should never have counted, but Texas was late to the party in finding out the war ended.
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
This man was known famously as the last tribal chief of the Comanche tribe.
Who is Quanah Parker?
When oil was found, the area surrounding to commodity became a growing population area known as this.
What is a boomtown?
The 1930's was known as this period for all of the United States of America.
What is the Great Depression?
Who are the Freedom Bus Riders?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were all passed during Reconstruction. This Amendment gave freed slaves the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment.
This invention eventually led to the end of the concept known as the Open Range?
What is Barbed Wire?
Women fought for their right to vote, known as this type of movement, which led to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
While the Great Depression happened in the big cities of the U.S., farmers were facing this natural disaster.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This Political leader in Texas also fought for Civil Rights by making an issue of Civil Rights after being elected as the first African American woman in the Texas Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
The main goal was for the North and South to do this....it feels so good when it happens.
What is reunite?
Because of the development of this type of transportation, farmers were able to sell their goods to market by transporting them into the cities.
What are railroads?
This message, which many said was an act of war, was intercepted by the British, which indirectly involved Texas in WWI and eventually led to the United States to enter the battle.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The United States of America entered WWII after this area was bombed in Hawaii.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This political leader from Texas was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993.
Who is Kay Bailey Hutchison?
These laws created during Reconstruction led to what would eventually be known during the Civil Rights Era as Jim Crow Laws.
What are Black Codes?
These group of hard-working people worked in the Cattle Drives and were not paid very well....in today's economic times that is.
Who are Cowboys?
This woman from Texas is famous for starting the Women's Suffrage movement in order to grant women the right to vote.
Who is Jane McCallum?
Texas helped the United States of America by building these vehicles for military use overseas.
This President from Texas served as President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and helped pass both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?