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1st semester review
Texas History 1st semester exam review
Question | Answer |
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Cibola | 7 cities of Gold |
Cabeza de Vaca | Spanish explorer who was lost and became a Shaman to the Native Americans |
Mountain and Basin | Driest region of Texas |
Gulf Coastal region | Best region for growing crops |
Nomadic tribes | Hunters who live in temporary houses |
Sedentary tribes | Tribes living in permanent dwellings |
LaSalle | French explorer |
Stephen F. Austin | Father of Texas who brought first settlers to Texas |
Commander of the Mexican army | Santa Anna |
Sam Houston | 1st president of Texas |
Anson Jones | Texas president during Texas annexation |
Mirabeau Lamar | Texas president who improved education and wanted Native Americans out of Texas |
Manifest destiny | Controlling land from sea to sea |
James K. Polk | President during Mexican War |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago | Treaty ending Mexican War |
William Travis | Cammander who died at the Alamo |
Sectionalism | Loyalty to your state over the country |
Secede | Leave the Union |
Abraham Lincoln | President of the Union during the Civil War |
Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
Abolitionist | Wants to end slavery |
Battle of Gettysburg | Turning point of the Civil War |
Appomattox Courthouse | Place Lee surrendered to Grant |
Fort Sumter | First shots of Civil War |
Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederate troops |
Ulysses S. Grant | General of the Union troops |
Reconstruction | Rebuilding the South |
13th Amendment | Freed slaves |
14th amendment | Gave citizenship to African Americans |
15th amendment | Gave voting rights to African Americans |
Battle of San Jacinto | Battle in which Texas gained independence |
Quanah Parker | Last Indian Chief of the Comanches |
Buffalo Soldiers | provided protection from Native Americans |
state's rights | view that a state's interest should come before the nation's |