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35 Cards in this Set
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Texan who became president of the U.S. on November 22, 1963
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Year of the Great Galveston Storm
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1900
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Major agricultural cash crop of Texas in 1900
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Cotton
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First African American elected to Congress from Texas
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Barbara Jordan in 1973
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First Tejano elected to Congress
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Henry Gonzales
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Worst industrial disaster in the Texas/US
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The Texas City Disaster. Two ships caught fire and blew up as well as a refinery. 500 or so killed.
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Worst natural disaster in Texas. |
Galveston Hurricane. 6k-8k deaths on the island alone.
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Kay Bailey Hutchinson
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One of Texas' former senators. First Texan woman to U.S. senate. |
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John Nance Garner
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First Texan elected VP of the United States in 1932
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Meaning of the name “Texas”
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Friendship
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Which Indians had a matrilineal society
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Caddo and Wichita
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Name of the first Spanish mission in Texas
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Francisco de los Tejas
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Three major settlements in Spanish Texas in1800
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Goliad, Bexar, Nacogdoches
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The significance of La Salle
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Found a route from the north to the gulf of Mexico through river. Got all the land surrounding hte mississippi for France
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Significance of Cabeza da Vaca
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First recorded surgury in Texas. Got shipwrecked and found by indians. Lived with them for quite some time while eventually writing about it
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What was the basic underlying cause of the Texas Revolution
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The election of 1860 when Lincoln became president.
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Father of Texas
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Stephen F. Austin
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Mother of Texas
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Jane Long
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The largest of the four natural regions in Texas
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Central Lowlands
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Texas Indians with the least advanced culture or lifestyle –
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Coahuilican
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Lords of the Plains
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Comanche of Kiowa
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Convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos
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Declared Texas a Republic and independent from Mexico |
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Santa Anna
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President and general of the Mexican forces during the Texas battle for independence. |
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Siege of the Alamo
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When few Texans stood against thousands of mexicans. They eventually fell to the Mexicans and lost the Alamo. |
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Where Texas defeated the Mexican army and officially won its independence |
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Name of the battle in which Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna
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Battle of San Jacinto |
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Where TX declared independence from Mexico |
Washington-on-the-Brazos |
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When traveling east to west across Texas what changes in the geography and climate might a traveler encounter?
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Hilly and woody to dry flat to dry desert mountains
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First elected president of the Republic of Texas
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Sam Houston
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Cynthia Ann Parker
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Capture by indians when she was 13. Stayed with them for quite some time. Was saved when she was 30 and taken home. She had married and had kids with indians and was heart broken, she died soon after. |
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Largest immigrant group that came to Texas before the Civil War
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Germans
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Why Houston did not run for president in 1838
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Could not run for consecutive terms |
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The major port of Texas before the Civil War
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Galveston |
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Why did the United States annex Texas in 1845 `
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Britain was trying to keep Texas from joining the US and stopping the US expansion westward. The US saw this and took up TExas |
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What were the terms of the joint resolution—terms of annexation
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A resolution that Texas would be annexed if they voted and agreed by january 1st 1946. All of Texas' land would stay with Texas and it could split into four additional states if need be. |
