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Final Exam Review
Texas History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |