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23 Cards in this Set
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Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda
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-Mapped entire gulf coast in 1519
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Stephen F. Austin
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-Son of Moses Austin
-Received land grant and permission for 300 families -Was impresario -Settled first at Colombus on Colorado River and at Washington-at-the-Brazos |
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Mexican Independence
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Achieved after one attempt in 1821
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Impresario
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-Spanish word for agent
-A promoter or organizer of an event -A person who brought groups of settlers to Texas when it was Spanish or Mexican territory |
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San Antonio
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-Most celebrated battle
-March 1836 -Texan-Mexicans held the Alamo against a much larger Mexican force for eleven days before being massacred -One of three permanent European settlements |
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Battle of San Jacinto
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-Took place between the new Texas army and Mexican Army
-Sam Houston led Texas army -Santa Anna led Mexican Army |
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Nacogdoches
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One of three permanent European settlements in Texas
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28th State
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Texas was annexed December 29,1845
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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-Mexico gave up claim of Texas
-Ceded all territory in the west in returnr for $15 million |
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Juneteenth
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-Celebrated by African Americans
-Highlights Emancipation Proclamation and victory in Galveston proclaiming freedom of Texas' slaves |
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James S. Hogg
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-Governor in 1890 and 1892
-First native to hold office -Era established Railroad Commission, regulation of monopolies, limitation on alien ownership of land, and attempts to protect the public by regulating stocks and bonds -Era enacted Jim Crow Laws -Not a confederate veteran -Left office in 1895 |
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E.J. Davis
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-Governor during Reconstruction
-Fought for Union during Civil War -Republican -Held office 1870 to 1874 -Consistent with philosophies of the Radical Republicans in Washington -Reformed penal system and child labor age minimum -State went into debt |
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Grangers
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-National Grange or Patrons of Husbandry
-Founded in 1867 -Tried to defend farmers against economic hardship -First chapter was in Texas 1872 -Influential in establishment of A&M and Constitution of 1876 |
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Texas Railroad Commission
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-Established in late 19th century
-Attempted to force independents to produce less oil and devised a formula for limiting production |
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"Hot Oil Act"
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-Passed in 1935
-Made interstate sale of oil produced in violation of state law a federal crime |
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Ku Klux Klan
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-Met in secret and bound themselves by oath
-Wore hoods to conceal identity -Purpose was to keep African Americans in a position of great inferiority -Used intimidation, violence, and sometimes murder |
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Roosevelt's New Deal
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Poured more than $1.5 billion into state emergency relief and other programs during Great Depression
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Poll Tax
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-Requirement as prerequisite to vote
-Lost much of minority vote |
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"Landslide" Lyndon Johnson
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-Became majority leader of the U.S. Senate
-Vice Prez -First Texan to become president (1963) |
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Populist Party
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-Opposed democrats
-Represented the belief that people had lost control of their government to rich corporations -Advocated monetary reform, railroad regulation, control of corporations, and other programs aimed at making government responisble to citizens |
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Larissez Faire
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-"Leave it alone" in french
-Refers to the philosophy that values free markets and opposes government regulation of the economy |
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Social Darwinism
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-Drawn from biological theory of evolution
-Philosophy that holds that the rich are superior people and deserve their wealth -The poor are inferior to the wealthy and deserve their poverty |
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Trickle-Down Theory
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-Theory of economic development that maintains that government should create a very favorable climate to attract business and industry
-And that the prosperity thus created will trickle down to rank-and-file citizens |
