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71 Cards in this Set
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Greenbury Logan
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Free African American who fought in the Revolution
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Prince Carl of Solms-Braunsfel
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Led Germans to the Guadalupe and Comal rivers.
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Circut riders
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Traveling preachers
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Jose Antonio Navarro
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Tejano who served in the TX Congress
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Henri Austin
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Operator of the first steamboat on a Texas River
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Academies
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Private schools at the high school level
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Denominations
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Religious groups of similar beliefs.
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Henri Castro
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Brought immigrants from France to Texas
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Juan Seguin
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Mayor of San Antonio from 1840 to 1842.
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Ashworth Act
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Law that said Africans could stay in Texas at the time of the Declaration of Independance
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Mier expedition
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An invasion of Mexico by rebellious troops in 1842
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James Pickney Harrison
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Texas diplomat sent to Europe in 1837
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Archives War
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Struggle over attempt to move government records
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Adrian Woll
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Mexican General who captured San Antonio in September 1837
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Alcee Loius La Branche
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U.S representitive sent to Texas in 1837
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Angelina Eberly
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Leader in the Archives war
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Alexander Somervell
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General sent by Houston to pursue General woll
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The counrty which Texas wanted to recognize its independence was-
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Mexico
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The Mier expedition was-
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More successful than expected
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France and Great Britan helped bring peace with Mexico because-
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An independent Texas would slow U.S expansion
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The most serious issue during the Anson Jones administration was-
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The question of annexation to the U.S
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The disastrous Santa Fe expedition was sent in order to-
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Expand Texas Control in the west
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Thomas J Rusk
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President of the convention of 1845
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Elisha M. Pease
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Popular governer who was elected in 1853
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John Tyler
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Strong supporter of annexation
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Manifest destiny
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The belief that U.S. was supposed to spread across North America
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Jane McManus Cazneau
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Writer whose collums helped turn northern opinion
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Biennial
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Every two years
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James pickney Henderson
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First governor of the state of texas
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Hardin Runnels
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Candidate who defeated Sam Houston for governor
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James K polk
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U.S. president who asked Congress in 1845 for a joint resolution
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Jose Antonio Navarro
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The only native Texan in the convention of 1845
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Cotton
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Typical cash crop grown by many Texas farmers
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Corn
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Most imporant food crop grown by Texas Farmers
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Sheep
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Important animals that grew as the damand for wool grew
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Thomas Affleck
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Well known agricultural expert
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Cotten belt
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Southern region of U.S that grew most of the counrties cash crop
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Planters
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Held at least 20 slaves
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Cattle
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Texas second valuable export
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Aaron Ashworth
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Free African American who owned a large ranch
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Agriculture
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Backbone of the Texas Economy
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Gristmills
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Machine found in most Texas Towns
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With the support of governor Elisha M _____, the Texas state legislature set aside $2 million as a school fund
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Pease
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One-room, log-cabin schools were common in rural areas in Texas where _____ was available
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Lumber
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Even in the early grades, some Texas schools taught anchient world history and languages such as Latin and _____
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Greek
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Baylor university was founded by the ______ Church in 1845
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Baptist
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In 1851 the catholic church in ____________, Texas, founded the Ursilene Academy for girls
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San Antonio
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Several Religous denominations in Texas stayed in touch with their often isolated membership by publishing_________
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Newspapers
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The ___________ Register had the largest circulation of any Texas newspaper
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Texas & Telegraph
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The _________ allowed people to communicate across cast distances
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Telegraph
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Swedish settler _________ had a large book collection
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Swante Palm
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Eugenie ________ was a famous painter in France before she moved to Texas
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Lavander
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Petroleum
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Dark,thick, liquid fossil fuel which kerosene is made
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Fossil fuel
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Fuel formed underground
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Edwin Drake
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Person responsible for first major U.S oil Strike
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Lyne T. Barret
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Struck oil, had to shut down cause of lacking funds
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Derricks
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Towers that drill for oil
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Refinery
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Factory where crude oil is refined
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Spindle Top Strike
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1901 oil strike, marked the beggining of oil boom
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Beaumont
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Texas City who was home to more than 500 oil companies
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J.S. Cullinan
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Texas Fuel company founder
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Humble oil company
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Oil company bought by Standerd Oil Company
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The Spanish had established cattle_______, or ranches, in Mexico in the 1500's
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Ranchos
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Texan Martin de Leon owned a huge cattle ranch in present-day ________ County
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Victoria
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The Spanish governmant ordered cattle owners to put _______, or identification on cattle
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Brands
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_______ ranchers staged the first cattle frives in Texas
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Spanish
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East Texas was close to cattle markets in ________, while Central and South Texas had rich prarie grasses and moderate climates
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New Orleans
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After ______ was discovered in California, some Texans drove cattle west to help feed the growing numbers of miners
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Gold
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cattle _____, or thieves, were a threat to ranchers' herds
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rustlers
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The ________ breed of cattle developed as spanish breeds mixed with english cattle brought by U.S settlers
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longhorn
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This new breed of cattle was resistant to the cattle disease commonly known as________
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Texas Fever
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