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Final Exam Review
Texas History
Term | Definition |
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Sam Houston | first and third president of Texas |
Charles Goodnight | established the first Cattle Ranch in Texas |
Stephen F. Austin | First Empressario of Texas--brought the Old 300 |
James K. Polk | President of USA during Manifest Destiny |
prohibition | banning alcohol |
suffrage | right to vote |
Hector P. Garcia | fought for Hispanic rights |
Oveta Culp Hobby | first woman Army officer |
Audie Murphy | most decorated WWII military hero |
Dorie Miller | African American military hero |
Dwight Eisenhower | commander of allied troops during WWII |
Rosa Parks | fought for Civil Rights---refused to give up her seat on the bus |
Lyndon B. Johnson | president who passed the Civil Rights Act |
Woodrow Wilson | president during WWI |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt | president during WWII and creator of the New Deal |
reason for Dust Bowl | severe drought and poor farming techniques |
cause of World War I | assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand |
reason for USA entry into WWI | Zimmerman telegram |
cause of WWII | Hitler attacked Poland |
reason America entered WWII | bombing of Pearl Harbor |
cause of the Great Depression | Stock Market Crash of 1929 |
Which amendment guaranteed women the right to vote | 19th amendment |
reason for windmills | to get water from underground |
huge reason for the end of the open range | barbed wire |
what caused boomtowns in Texas | the discovery of oil |
one result of WWII | women worked in nontraditional jobs |