Geography of Texas
This is the river that separates Texas and Mexico
What is the Rio Grande River?
This was the first battle of the Texas Revolution.
What is The Battle of Gonzalez?
Name 2 countries the US joined when they entered the war
Who were Soviet Union and Great Britain
This group of people built the railroad in Texas.
Who were the Chinese?
This is the year the Civil began and the year it ended.
What is 1861 and 1865?
This is the capitol of Texas
This was the last battle of the Texas Revolution.
What is the battle of San Jacinto?
He was the fascist dictator of Italy during WWII
Who is Benito Mussolini
This is the way that cowboys determined which cattle belonged to their ranch at Round-up.
What is a branding?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This is the body of water to the south of Texas that makes up the coastline of Texas.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This man was the leader of the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution
Who is Santa Anna?
Improper farming techniques and droughts caused this
Dustbowl
The widespread use of this product invented by J. Glidden was a major factor that led to the end of cattle dives in Texas
What is barbed wire?
This is the name of the general who led the confederate states in the south.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This is the region of Texas that best suits farming and ranching because it has fertile soil and a warm and humid climate.
What is the Coastal Plains region?
This man was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas and served two terms in office.
Who is Sam Houston?
Name 3 countries of the Axis Powers
Who were Japan, Germany, Italy
These are the groups that first brought cattle to Texas.
Who were the European explorers and missionaries?
This is the name of the president of the United states of America during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This region of Texas reaches farthest North of the state
What is the Great Plains Region /Panhandle?
An American-born empresario also known as the "Father of Texas"
Stephen F. Austin?
This caused World War I
What is the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This is the reason that ranchers sent their cattle to markets in the north after the Civil war.
Cattle were worth more in the north because demand was higher there.
Texas fought for this side in the civil war.
Who were the Confederates?
This region has the largest population in Texas
What is the gulf coastal Plains region?
This battle was fought in Texas on March 6, 1839 when less than 200 Texians defended themselves against more than 2,000 Mexican soldiers. This battle today symbolizes sacrifice and hope through out the world.
What is The Battle of the Alamo?
The name given to the day the stock market crashed causing the Great Depression
What is Black Tuesday
This is the location of the first major gusher of petroleum in Texas in 1901.
Where is Spindletop?
This term is used to describe an effort to stop ships from going into a port.
What is a blockade?
This region has just one major city and the lowest population in Texas
What is the Mountains and Basins region?
These documents were signed to end the Texas Revolution.
What are the Treaties of Velasco?
This caused the US to join in on World War II.
What is the attack of Pearl Harbor
This is the term used to describe an economic system in which people are free to produce and sell good and services with little control by the government.
What is Free enterprise?
This is where and by whom were the first shots were fired in the Civil war.
Who were the Confederates that fired shots at fort Sumter, A union fort in South Carolina?