Dates
What was the significance of the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836?
Texas gained independence from Mexico
A ___________ is a military strategy that prevents supplies from getting in or out
Blockade
Why is voting so important?
Citizens can participate directly in government
This city was founded in 1718, between the Spanish settlements on the Rio Grande and the missions in East Texas which made it easy for missions to get supplies.
San Antonio
_______________ were places where the populations often swelled and then declined significantly due to the discovery of oil
Boomtowns
What event happened in 1845?
Texas annexation
_____________ is when Texas was added to the United States
annexation
Under the U.S. Constitution the President can veto or sign bills into law. According to the Texas Constitution, the Governor has this same power. Which principle is reflected in this power?
Checks and Balances
Unlike the peoples of the Plains culture who built portable homes called tepees, the peoples of the Puebloan culture, in West Texas, built permanent homes made from –
Adobe
____________ was the most highly-produced crop in Texas
cotton
What significant event happened in 1901?
Oil discovery
An ________________ was someone who was given land by Mexico to sell to settlers in Texas
empresario
Where are individual basic rights of Texas citizens, such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press, protected?
The Bill of Rights
I was a president of Texas during the Republic era who was PRO annexation
Sam Houston
Fertile soil, steady rainfall, large cities, abundant resources, thick forests, the largest population and access ports for shipping and trading are all characteristics of the -
Gulf Coastal Plains Region
What is the significance of 1519?
Pineda mapped the Texas coast
An ______________ is a change or addition to the constitution
Amendment
This document stated that slaves in states that had SECEDED were free, and allowed former slaves to enter the military
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Natural features of geography like islands, rivers, climate, etc. are ______________ characteristics of geography
Physical
The ____________ were laws that limited the rights of freed slaves during Reconstruction.
Black codes
What event happened in 1718?
The founding of San Antonio
____________ was when Southern States left the Union and formed the Confederacy
Secession
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." This is from WHICH reconstruction amendment?
Fourteenth Amendment
This military strategy prevented Texas from shipping cotton out to Europe during the Civil War
To stop supplies from getting in AND out
(Texas couldn't sell cotton to European markets........)
I tried to run away from the Battle of San Jacinto, but I was captured and forced to surrender.
Santa Anna