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202 Cards in this Set
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Name of the State Flower
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Bluebonnet
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Name of the State Song
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Texas, Our Texas
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Name of the State Tree
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Pecan
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State Motto
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Friendship
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Name of the State Bird
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Mockingbird
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Current State Governor
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Rick Perry
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Current Lieutenant Governor
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David Dewhurst
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Name the 2 State Senators
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Kay Bailey Hutchinson
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Number of State Senators
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31
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The Study of Earth and the People Who Live On It
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Geography
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Theme of geography that helps you know "Where is it"
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Location
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River forming south border.
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Rio Grande
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Size among other states.
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2
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Highest Point in Texas
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Guadalupe Peak
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Icy Wind blowing in quickly from Canada
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Norther
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Steep Cliff, North of the Frio River, Cuts across Texas in an arc.
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Balcones Escarpment
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Texas Total Land Area
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267,227
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Four Texas Natural Regions
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Mountains and Basins
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Landform Separating NC Plains and Great Plains.
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Caprock Escarpment
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What region do I live in?
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Costal Plains
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Largest and Most Populated Region
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Costal Plains
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Natural region called a sea of grass, and was once home to herd of buffalo.
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Great Plains
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Valley with most of the state's large cattle ranches with hills and valleys carved by by river.
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North Central Plains
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Scientists who studies the material remains of past human life
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Archaeologist
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Period of time before writing
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Prehistoric
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Today's name of the Siberia Alaska land bridge.
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Bering Strait
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Cadoes, Wichitas, Cherokees, and Alabama-Coushattas culture
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Southeastern
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People who wander from place to place in search of food.
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Nomads
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Tonkawas, Apaches, Comanches, and Kiowa culture
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Plains
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Scientist who studies origin, movement and way of life of people.
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Anthropologist
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Name of the soldiers who sought riches and power for themselves and wealth and glory for Spain in the 1500s.
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Conquistadors
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1st Spaniard to travel across Texas.
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Alavar Nunez Cabez de Vaca
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Frenchman who claimed the Mississippi River for France and accidentally led a group of colonist to Texas.
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La Salle
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1st French Settlement in Texas
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Ft. St. Louis
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Spaniard who 1st explored Texas Coastline.
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Alfonso Alvarez de Pineda
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1st Black Man in Texas
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Estevanico
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System used by Spainish to strengthen hold on Texas
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Mission System
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Country Spain feared would take Texas
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France
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First Permanent settlement of Europeans in Texas
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Corpus Christi de Ysleta
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First Spanish Mission in East Texas
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San Francisco de Tejas
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Mission established as trade outpost between East Texas and Mexico
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San Francisco de Valero
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Only Spanish mission in French Territory
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Los Adaes
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Spanish officer sent to inve investigate stigat need for missions in Texas
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Marcus de Rubi
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Treaty settling boundary dispute and setting Sabine River as U.S. Spain border in 1819.
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Government in which power lies with voting citizens
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Republic
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Area between Sabine River and Arroyo Hondo-Calcasieu Line
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Neutral Ground
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Filibuster form Ireland who claimed he only came to Texas to capture wild horses but who was suspected to be a spy by the Spanish.
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Phillip Nolan
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2 Commander of the Republican Army of the North
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Augusta Magee
Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara |
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Pirate living on Galveston who is claimed to have left treasure on a Gulf Coast Island.
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Jean Lafitte
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"Father of Texas"
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Stephen F. Austin
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Friend who helped Moses Austin get colonization approval.
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Baron de Bastrop
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Rivers between which SFA colonies were located
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Colorado
Brazos |
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Capital of SFA's colonies
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San Felipe de Austin
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Name given to first settlers in SFA's colony.
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The Old 300
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Second most successful empresario
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Green DeWitt
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Name of Austin's ship used to carry supplies
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Lively
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Mexican General who made inspection trip to Texas in 1828 and noted that American outnumbered Mexicans 5 to 1
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Manuel Mier y Teran
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On December 26, 1826, Benjamin Edwards declared his colony free around this event
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Taking of the Old Stone Fort/Fredonian Revolt
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Resolutions made by colonist declaring loyalty to Santa Anna and Mexico
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Turtle Bayou Resoultions
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Convention to discuss General Cos's announcement he was sending soldiers to Texas at Washington-On-The-Brazos
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The Consultation
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Battle near mouth of Brazos River when Commander Ugertachea wouldn't let John Austin pass with cannon
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Battle of Velasco
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Document that was the turning point in MX and TX relations
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Law of April 6, 1830
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First Battle of Texas Revolution
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Battle of Gonzales
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When the TX Deceleration of Independence was accepted?
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March 2, 1836
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Author of TX Deceleration of Independence?
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George C. Childress
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Ad Interim President of Texas
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David G. Burnett
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Incident involving Erastmus "Deaf" Smith and the Mexican "silver train" became known as what.
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Grass Fight
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Former U.S. Congressman killed at the Alamo.
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David Crockett
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Alamo defender famous for his large knife.
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James Bowie
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Texas messenger who returned to sure death at the Alamo after delivering a message to the Texans Convention on 1836.
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James Bohnam
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Fled Alamo to avoid being killed.
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Louis "Moses" Rose
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Mexican general defeating Cl. Fannin at Coleto Creek
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Gen. Urrea
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"Angel of Goliad"
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Senora Francita Alvarez
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Term for hundreds of settlers fleeing Santa Anna's advancing army.
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Runaway Scrape
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Battle in which Texas won it's independence.
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Treaties which ended the fighting between Texas and Mexico
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
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Commander of Mexico army at San Jacinto
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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Commander of Texas army at San Jacinto
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Sam Houston
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Place where Houston drilled and trained his armies for 2 weeks
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Groce's Plantation
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Name given to the items recieved by the Texans as a gift from the people of Cincinnati
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Twin Sisters Cannons
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1st President of the Republic of Texas
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Sam Houston
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Original Name of Austin
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Waterloo
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War in Austin over government records
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Archive War
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2nd President of the Republic of Texas
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Mirabeau B. Lamar
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Last President of the Republic of Texas
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Anson Jones
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Battle between Texans and Comanches in San Antonio in 1840
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Council House Fights
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Texas expedition that lead to the Black Bean Episode
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Santa Fe Expedition
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When did Texas become a state?
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Feby. 19,1846
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Texas was the _______ state admitted to the Union.
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28th
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The belief that the U.S. should stretch from ocean to ocean.
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Manifest Destiny
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1st Governor of Texas
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J. Pickney Henderson
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People paid in land or money to relocated settlers
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Immigrant Agents
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Leading Cash Crop in the days of the Republic
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cotton
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1st college in Texas
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Rutersville College
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Protestant denomination with the biggest gains in Texas
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Methodist
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1st Public School Teacher in Texas
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Rev. Richard Salmon
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Company with the 1st telegraph office in Marshall, Texas
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Red River Telegraph Company
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Texas Legislature purchase a 1,280 acres in Polk County for a reserve in 1854 for what Indian Tribe
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Alabama
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Complete Count of the population by the government
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Census
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Amount Texas got for surrendering claim to New Mexico
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$10 Million
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First woman to practice law in Texas
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Frances Cox Henderson
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Political Party representing farmers and laborers during 1830's to 1850's
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Democratic Party
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People who wanted to end slavery in U.S.
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Abolitionists
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Texas was the _____ state to secede from the Union according to the Ordinance of Secession
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7th
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Highest Ranking Confederate Army Officer from Texas
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Albert Sidney Johnson
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Port City that was a vital in Confederate Supply chain.
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Galveston
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Confederate victory in Texas where the Davis guards defeated Union soldiers trying to invade Texas.
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Battle of Sabine Pass
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Generals leading the U.S. in the Mexican War
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Winfield Scott
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Group that fought in more battles then any other Confederate unit
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Terry's Texas Rangers
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Battle fought in Texas more then one month after the Civil War was over
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Battle of Palmito Ranch
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Annual celebration of the emancipation of slaves in Texas
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Juneteenth
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Organization that established the first school for African Americans in Texas
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Freedman's Bureau
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A northerner in the south working for a Reconstruction government
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Carpetbagger
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Amendment making slavery illegal
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13th
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Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
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Black Codes
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Group who took charge of Reconsturction making it more harsh
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Congress
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A white Southerner acting in support of a Reconsturction government
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Scalawag
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Nickname given by Native Americans to black soldiers
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Bufflao Soldiers
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Federal agents who tried to settle Native American problems peacefully
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Quakers
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1st African American graduate of West Point
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Henry O. Flipper
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Indian chief who led several hundred warriors in attack on Adobe Walls
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Quannah Parker
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Native Americans depended on what animal for much of their food and other necessities.
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Buffalo
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Famous Kiowa Chief claiming West Texas belonged to Kiowas and Comanches
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Big Tree
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Who brought the first cattle to Texas
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Spanish Explorers
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Ranch that built the state capitol
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XIT Ranch
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Man that invented barbed wire
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J.F. Glidden
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Fence cutting is a ______
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felony
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1st cattle trail used in Texas
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Sedalia/Shawnee Trail
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A farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of the crop.
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Sharecropper
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Another name for organization of farmers called the Grange
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Patrons of Husbandry
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Combination of firms or corporations formed by agreements to reduce competition
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trusts
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The constitution used in Texas today was ratified in what year.
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1876
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Another term for the right to vote
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sufferage
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What commission, created by Congress in 1887, regulates rates and other practices of interstate railroads
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interstate commerce commission
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What Texas City had the first telephone line
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Galveston
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Amendment giving women the right to vote
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19
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Oil well that erupted in 1901 starting Texas oil boom
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Spindletop
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Worst natural disaster in U.S. History where approximately 6,000 people died.
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Galveston Hurricane
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Term used for battle to eliminate alcoholic beverages
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Prohibition
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Reform movement sought to correct social and political problems
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Progressivism
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The _______ opened in 1914 and connects Houston with the Gulf of Mexico
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Houston Ship Channel
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In the 1890's, the Democratic party in the southern states were passing laws known as ________ discriminating against blacks.
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Jim Crow Laws
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Mexican revolutionary general who attacked Columbus, NM in March of 1916 to retaliate against U.S. gov't for recognizing one of opponents as the head of the Mexican gov't
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Franciso Panch Villa
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U.S. World War I President
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Woodrow Wilson
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Secret organization re-emerging in 1915 using violence against Catholics, Jews, and African Americans
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Klu Klux Klan
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1st woman governor of Texas
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Miriam Ferguson
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Army base built in 1917 in San Antonio as a training camp for World War I
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Kelly Field
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President of U.S. when the Great Depression started
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Herbert Hoover
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A person who drills and oil well in an area not known to contain oil
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Wildcatter
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Governor of Texas during Great Depression
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Ross Sterling
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Controls Texas's oil production
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Texas Department of Agriculture
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Name of Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to restart economy after Great Depression
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New Deal
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Name of the organization fornmed in 1929 to work for Mexican American Rights in courts, hiring, and education
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LULAC, League of United Latin American Citizens
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Germany, Italy, and Japan signed treaties agreeing not to attack each other forming the ________ powers in World War II
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Axis
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England, China, France, and Russia formed the ______ powers in World War II
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Allied
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Act made U.S. Millitary equipment available to the Allies
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Lend-Lease Act
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Where U.S. troops were attacked in December 7,1941
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Pearl Harbor
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Organized the women's Army Corp. of 12000 women for World War II
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Cl. Oveta Culp Hobby
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Most decorated soldier in World War II
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Audie Murphy
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Open water storage areas
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Reservoirs
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2 Doctors who pioneered new techniques in treating heart disease
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Michael DeBakey
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Texan who first invented integrated silicon circuit know today as a "chip"
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Jack Kilby
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Government facility established in 1958 given the task of putting a man on the moon by 1970 by JFK
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NASA
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Democratic governor Allan Shivers supported Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower because he promised to sign a bill giving the __________ to Texas
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tidelands
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Texas first lady who introduced "Keep America Beautiful"
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Lady Bird Johnson
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First African American elected to the Texas Senate since Reconstruction
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Barbra Johnson
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Person who flees for safety, especially to another country
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Refugee
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Organization ended shipment of oil to the U.S. which resulted in an "energy crisis"
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OPEC
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Texan who became President after JFK assassination
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B. Johnson
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U.S. was involved in this conflict in SE Asia during the mid-1960's to the early 1970's
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Vietnam War
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Republican woman elected to U.S. Senate in 1993
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Kay Bailey Hutchinson
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President of U.S. form 1989 to 1993
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George H.W. Bush
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Proposed law presented to legislature for consideration
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Bill
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War driving Iraq out of Kuwait
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Gulf War
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Second woman governor of Texas
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Ann Richards
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National or cultural heritage
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ethnicity
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Fastest growing county according to 2000 U.S. Census
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Collin County
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Musical style of African Americans w/ French Herritage
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Jazz
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Texas rock trio who is best known for "Texas Blues" sould
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ZZ Top
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Texas folklorist who wrote "The Voice of the Coyote"
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J. Frank Dobie
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"Father of Ragtime Music"
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Scott Japlin
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Texas author who wrote Texas, which tells the Texas story form Spanish times to present
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James Michener
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# of Texas Constitutions
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7
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How old you have to be to vote
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18
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3 Branches of Texas Gov't
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Part of the constitution that protects the rights of citizens and outlines the freedoms that are essential for a free Democratic society
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Bill of Rights
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Changes to the constitution
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Amendments
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Set of laws that describe what people can and cannot do
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Criminal Laws
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State agency that conducts criminal investigations, supervises highway traffic, and licenses drivers.
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Department of Public Safety
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Main duty of Texas legislature
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To make laws to govern Texas
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# of Representatives in the Texas House of Representatives
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150
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Head of the executive branch of Texas gov't
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Governor
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Title of the person who serves as the state's lawyer
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Attorney General
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Largest source of state income
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General Sales Tax
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President of Texas State Senate (Who is)
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Lieutenant Governor
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# of TX counties
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254
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Most important governing body in Texas county gov'ts
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Commissioner's Court
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Form of local government in which the mayor has executive authority
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mayor-council
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Form of local gov't where an elected council selects a manager to run the city's daily businesses
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council-manager
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One important source of revenue for city governments
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Property Taxes
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Most common type of special district
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School District
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Organizations of people who share a common interest and seek to exert influence over a particular aspect of government.
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Special Interest Groups
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