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What is the group of men who engaged in violent acts to hurt and intimidate free African Americans so they wouldn't vote or register after the civil war?
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Ku Klux Klan
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What did the U.S. Congress create to help former slaves adjust to freedom?
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Freedman's Bureau
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What was the period of time after the Civil War during which the South experienced great changes?
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Reconstruction
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How did the south feel about Reconstruction?
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they hated it because they felt they were being treated poorly
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Which admendment gave citizenship to all African Americans
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14 Amendment
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What freed all slaves in the confederate states still rebelling against the Union?
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Emancipation Proclamation
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In which city did the greatest natural disaster in our nations history take place
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Galveston
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Who were 2 primary enemies of the U.S. during WW2
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Germany and Japan
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How many branches of government does our constitution set up
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What tragic event took place April 16, 1947
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Texas City Explosion
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Texas became the _____ state to enter the union
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28th state
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What is the 2nd highest office in state government
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Lieutenant governor
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What is the highest office in the state government
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Governor
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What was the Civil War fought over
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Slavery and states' rights
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What was the main reason people took cattle to the north
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because the cows were worth more in the north
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What is a boom
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economy is doing well; people are working and buying stuff
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what is a bust
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economy is not doing well, and people do not have jobs, are not buying stuff
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The railroads came into Texas in the late 1800's. This caused
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people to start commercial farming again
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What invention led to population growth and farming in west Texas
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railroad
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the textile mills made what into cloth
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cotton
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what industry practiced strip mining in Texas
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coal
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a positive effect of industry growth is
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new jobs, cities, the economy booms
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define boomtown
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a town that grows rapidly in population because of economic growth is called
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there was a time when the supply of Texas oil was so high that its value dropped very low. What economic areas of the world did this effect
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shipping trade travel
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states rights are
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like federalism (system in which a central government shares power with state government
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Convention
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formal meeting where delegates get together to exchange ideas about a common concern
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delegate
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a person who represents others
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what is an agreement in which in a buyer is allowed to pay over a period of time
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credit
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define barter
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to trade one product for another
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to produce almost everything needed by a farm family, usually with little left over to sell
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subsistence farming
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the owner of property that is leased or rented to another
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landlord
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producing crops to sell
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commercial farming
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tentant farmer who receives a share of the value of the crop, minus charged for rent and other expenses
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sharecropper
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to give a lender legal claim to property as security until debt is repaid
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mortgage
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reform
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to change something to make it better
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suffrage
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right to vote
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what did the prohibition stop
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people manufacturing, sales, transportation, or use of alcoholic beverage
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Who made up the Populist Party
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Farmers, ranchers, and farm laborers
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If you were a progressive, you would want
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society to get better through the power the power of the government
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Who established the worlds first helicopter factory
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Lawrence Bell
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What is agribusiness
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business of producing farm products on a large scale
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What does OPTICS stand for
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overview; parts, title, interrelationships; conclusion source
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what does NASA stand for
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National Aeronautic and Space Adminstration
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What Texas City does NASA call home
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Houston
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Who created the first roller pump in medicine which helped make open heart surgery possible
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Michael DeBakey
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Who founded the American GI forum
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Hector P Garcia
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What was the oldest & largest continually active Latino political association in the U.S. and also the first nationwide Mexican- American civil rights organizations? It was involved in issues of discrimination and equal rights in a variety of ways
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LULAC
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What does NAACP stand for
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Who organized CORE (congress of Racial Equality) to fight for justice without using violence
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James L Farmer JR
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What act made it illegal for public places to discriminated based on race?
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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who was aboard the first apollo spacecraft to carry astronauts into space
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R Walter Cunningham
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Which does not apply to the term cattle brand
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a mark that only was applied to the longhorn cattle famous in Texas
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The first cattle trail in Texas was the ___ and it led to the town of ____ were cowboys could sell the cattle for profit
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Chisholm Trail; Abilene Kansas
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Which of the following was NOT a key invention or piece of modern technology that helped the cotton and/or cattle industries
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water wells
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Meatpacking centers around the country were usually established based on their location. The most prominent locations were formed where multiple rail lines would interest making it easy to ship the products to market. What town became Texas' most prominent meatpacking center of for this very reason
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Ft Worth
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Prior to the development of ___ transportation of beef was limited in how far it could travel. This was due to the fact that it would spoil if it took too long to get it from packing house to market
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Refrigerated Rail Cars
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strike
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when employees stop work until their demands are met
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In the 1870's railroad companies began using coal instead of wood to power their locomotives. What effect did this have on Texas
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increased demand for Texas' coal
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where was the first oil boom in Texas
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Spindletop
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Why did the government step in and regulate the oil industry
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overproduction caused prices to drop
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in the 1930's oil prices began to fall dramatically and the government began regulating oil production even in Texas. This was a direct result of what event?
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The Great Depression
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Which of the following is a reason that manufacturing came slowly to Texas
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Texas was a frontier state that was far from large cities and markets.
Transportation was slow and expensive. Texas lacked valuable raw materials. All of the above are reasons. |
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John Henry Kirby, who started the Kirby Lumber company, helped
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make the lumber industry one of the leading industries in Texas
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Labor Union
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workers would join these groups in order to gain better working conditions
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Which city had a branch of the Federal Reserve System and became Texas's financial and mercantile center
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Dallas
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Why was Francisco "Pancho" Villa angry at the United States
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The United States recognized his opponent as the leader of Mexico
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Which side did the United States join when it entered World War 1 in 1917
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Allies
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How did advances in transportation help farmers
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farmers were able to reach new markets with their products
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What modern weapon was used for the first time during World War I
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Nerve gas and tanks
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New Deal
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series of new laws and programs designed to create jobs and improve the economy
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As a result of the economic growth during World War II What was Texas able to do
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pay off its debt from the depression
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Which of the following was a result of the stock market crash of 1929
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Banks closed because they could not collect the money they were owed
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Which of these statements explains why Texas did not suffer as badly as other states at the beginning of the Depression
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Few Texans had invested in the stock market
Texas had more farm workers than industrial workers c. Texas was a poor state before the crash, so it didn’t suffer as great a change d. All of the above |
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A direct cause of the Dust bowl
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plowing under of millions of prairie grasses
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a solider from Texas who received 33 awards and was the most decorated sold ire in World War II
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Audie Murphy
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Who signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Who organized the Women's Army Corps and served as its first commander
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Oveta Culp Hobby
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Who was a civil rights activist and teacher, at the forefront for educating blacks to vote, and fought against the white primary? She was also in the movement to get equal salaries for black and white teachers.
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Lulu Belle Madison White
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What is the agency created to make sure that people do not lose their money when banks fail?
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FDIC
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Federalism
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system in which a central government shares power with state governments
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bicameral
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Two legislative chambers, such as a senate and a house of representatives
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What is the part of the U.S. and Texas constitutions that establishes individual rights of freedom, press, speech, religion, and assembly known as
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Bill of Rights
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Ann Richards, one of the most famous women in Texas politics, was able to attain the office of _____ during her political career
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Governor
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Who was aboard the first Apollo spacecraft to carry astronauts into space
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Walker Cunningham
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Balanced Budget
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A plan for spending in which expenses equal income
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