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documents created during the time under studyautobiographies, letters, interviews, news film footage, and speeches |
primary resources |
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doucments created after the time under studytextbooks, schloray articles, biographies and historial critiques |
secondary resources |
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The reasearch process |
ask a question do background research-see what others have written or found out about the topic gather evidence present evidence in a written paper |
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Comanche indians |
warriors, domesticated the horse, |
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caddo indians |
farmers occupied east texas |
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hunters and gathers had contact with aaztecs in Mexico |
coahuiltecan tribe |
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European exploration in Texas began with |
Alonso de pineda in 1519 |
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first European to explore the land of Texas was |
Cabeza de Vaca |
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explorer who began the search for the seven cities of Gold |
Francisco de corondo |
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first military encounter between the British and American colonists |
Battle of Gonzales 1835 |
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Texas Declaration of Independence signed |
March 2 1836 |
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killed 250 soldiers |
Santa Anna attacks the Alamo |
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Texas Revolution occured on |
April 21 1836 |
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Sam houston led a "suprise attack" on Santa Anna in the |
Battle of San Jacinto , santa anna was defeated |
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on December 29, 1845 |
Texas was annexed by the US as the 28th stateDecember 29, 1845 |
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april 25 1846, santa anna declared himself president of mexico, and this started the |
Mexican American War began mexico lost and surrended. |
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this treaty ended the Mexican American War on Feb 2 1848 |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgoended the Mexican American War on Feb 2 1848 |
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after the civil war Texas economy specialized in |
cotton and oil |
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railroads hleped thirve cattle cotton and forestry causing these two cities......... to become..... |
dallas and ft worth became large trading centers |
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oil industry became staple of Texas econonmy in |
20 th century |
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shapes the earths surface through consistent movements of plates under the earth called plate tectonics |
internal forces |
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causes major changes on or above the surface of the eartherosion, chemical weathering hurricans and tornadoes |
external forces |
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The angle of the suns rays as they strike the earth and daylight hours determine |
temperature |
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at the equator is more intense and causes longer days and increased temperatures |
solar radiation |
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days are shorter in winter solar radiation is very low causing very low temperatures |
at the poles |
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applachian mountains mississippi river rocky mountains are located in |
North America |
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Andes mOuntains Amazon Riversare located in |
South America |
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Alpes mountains are located in |
Europe |
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Himalayas mountainsgobi desert are located in |
Asia
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Sahara Desert is located in |
Africa |
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process by which economics and societies have become intergrated |
Globization |
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resulted in advances in manufacturing and transportation |
Industrial Revoluation |
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Renewable resources |
wind and solar energy |
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non renewable |
oil and oldagrowth trees, coal |
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although resources are available not every human has access to the resources |
scarcity |
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opportunity cost |
next best forgone opportunity |
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holds that the more gold a nation has the better and stronger the economy |
mercantilism |
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means a production of resources used to produce good are privitely owned and operated to make a profit |
capitalism |
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economic system where the state owns all the means of production and manages it |
communism |
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economic system which the people prepresned by a central government controls the means of production |
socialism |
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monopolistic |
many |
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oligopoly |
few |
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increased economics in the 1800s responsible for the rise of Standard of living |
Industrial Revolution |
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increase in the have and have nots, Sherman anti trust act allowed the government to investigate, regulate and control large companies |
Progressive Era |
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economic breakdown throughout the 1930s |
Great Depression |
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both wars the Us became industrial workhorse and breadbasket of the world |
World Wars |
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examing the economy as a whole |
macroeconics |
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laws universally recognized |
Natural laws |
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laws created adn developed thorugh judicial decisions |
common laws |
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processed by individuals with no requirement |
Natural Rights |
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the idea that individuals convenant with each other to create and be subject to a form of government |
social contract |
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one individual rules an entire country |
Monarchy |
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ruled by a small group of people |
oligarchy |
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every citizen has a direct vote in the government |
direct democracy |
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group of leader dictate the alocation of resources to the entire population |
communisim |
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the state distributes resources from the wealthy to the poor and provides many social services |
socialism |
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political theorists who is regarded as one of the important figures of the Enlightment, influnced thomas jefferson and the declaration of independence |
John Lockes Two Treaties of Government |
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written by karl marxx, outline the reason and beliefs of a communist government |
communist manifesto |
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determine the laws |
Republicanism |
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idea of all powers of the government rest with the people, single ruler, reason why elections are held, checks and balance, each branch has power to limit the power of the other two branches |
Popular Sovereignty |
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powers are shared amongst all the governement |
federalismpowers are shared amongst all the governement |
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create laws the great comprise elastic clause |
Legislative branch |
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power to veto and overturn veto |
executive branch |
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marbury v madison- unconstitional -judicial review |
judicial branch |
