Dates and Eras
1836
Texas Independence
This document protects individual basic rights of Texas citizens, such as freedom of speech, press, and religion
Bill of Rights
A _________ characteristic of geography includes landforms, climate, plants, and animals
Physical
The Puebloan tribes built homes out of ________, a clay-like material
Adobe
Main cause of the Mexican-American war
Dispute over the river boundary
1845
Texas Annexation
A change or addition to the US constitution
Amendment
This river separates Texas and Mexico
Rio Grande
The process of ADDING a state into another country or nation (Texas did this in 1845!)
Annexation
True or False: Sam Houston supported annexation
True
During this era, Texas became the 28th US state.
Early Statehood
A constitutional principle that provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
Checks and Balances
A _________ characteristic of geography includes language, religion, architecture, music, politics, and way of life
Human
A battle strategy used by the Union army that sealed off Confederate ports to prevent the South from trading cotton
Blockade
This time period after the Civil War expanded rights for African Americans, but groups like the KKK and the Black Code laws limited those rights
Reconstruction
1901
Oil Discovered at Spindletop
________ effects are related to the government or the military (ex: laws, amendments, voting, elections, etc)
Political
Body of water southeast of Texas near Galveston
The Gulf of Mexico
____________ were towns created around oil rigs. People moved there very quickly then left once they stopped making money.
Boomtowns
This empresario founded the largest settlement in Texas (Hint: a major city is named after him!)
Stephen F. Austin
During this era, Texas gained independence from Mexico
Texas Revolution Era
This amendment granted citizenship to all African Americans
Fourteenth Amendment
This region of Texas includes most cities in Texas and has many rivers and bodies of water
Gulf Coastal Plains
A document that freed enslaved people ONLY in states that seceded from the United States and were in Rebellion
The Emancipation Proclamation
After the Battle of San Jacinto, ________ was captured and surrendered to the Texans