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SS Domain 1
Social Studies 4-8 texes teacher cert
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spanish adventurer, sailed from a base in Jamaica to become the first known European to explore and map the Texas coastline | Alonso Alvarez de Pineda |
| shipwrecked on what is believed today to be Galveston Island. After trading in the region for some six years, he later explored the Texas interior on his way to Mexico | Cabeza de Vaca |
| In search of the fabled seven Cities of Cibola and led an expedition into the present southwestern United states and across northern Texas | Francisco Vasquez de Coronade |
| establish Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay, and formed the basis for France's claim to Texas. Finally being murder by his own men | Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle |
| Crossed the Sabine River from Louisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas | The Gutierrez Magee Expedition |
| received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River | Stephen F Austin |
| Mexicans under Domingo de Ugartechea were forced to surrender for lack of ammunition, first casualties in Texas relations with Mexico | Battle of Velasco |
| revolution began when Texans drove back troops of the Mexican cavalry | Battle of Gonzales |
| signed by members of the Convection of 1836, which newly created Republic of Texas | Texas Declaration of Independence |
| James Fannin and others was executed by the Mexicans, under the order of Santa Anna | Goliad Massacre |
| Texans under Sam Houston defeated the Mexican forces of Santa Anna, which resulted in Texas independence | Battle of San Jacinto |
| Campaign platform promising to annex Texas and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state of the United States | US President James Polk |
| disputes over claims to Texas boundaries. The outcome of the war fixed Texas southern boundary at the Rio Grande River | Mexican American War |
| Texas seceded from the Federal Union on February 1, 1861 | Secession Convention |
| restored the island to Texas control for the remainder of the Civil War | Battle of Galveston |
| General Lee surrender at the last land engagement of the Civil War | Battle of Palmito Ranch |
| abundance of longhorn cattle in south Texas and the return of Confederate soldiers to a poor reconstruction economy marked the beginning of | Texas trail drives |
| The United States Congress readmitted Texas into the Union | March 30, 1870 |
| based on the campaign platform calling for the regulation of railroads and big business, he became the first native born governor of Texas | James Hogg |
| discovery of black gold near Beaumont launched Texas into a century of oil exploration, electronics, and manned space travel | Spindletop |
| domesticate animals and emerged in areas which were not suitable for growing plants | Pastoral societies |
| wealthier members had land that were farmed and worked on by common people in exchange for food and housing | Feudal society |
| machines and more technology | Post industrial society |
| American Indian tribes including Atakapa, Karankawa, Mariame, and Akokisa settled in | Texas Gulf Coast |
| Caddos in East Texas and Jumanos in West Texas made networks and relationships as | Farmers and traders |
| North and west Texas on horseback after being pushed out of their home in the Great Plains | Comanches and Apaches |
| Longitude and latitude | Absolute location |
| map that illustrate the physical characteristics of a location | Topographical map |
| deadliest natural disaster in American history | Galveston Hurricane of 1900 |
| series of dust storms in the panhandle of Texas and Oklahoma | Dust Bowl |
| economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of stat control | Free enterprise |
| structure of methods and principles that a society uses to produce and distribute goods and services | Economic system |
| a type of Market Economic System were there is little or no direct government regulation of the economies | Capitalism |
| both capitalism and socialism | Mixed economic system |
| all revenue ultimately comes from taxes on your income, so it is important for you to know how it is spent | Fiscal Policy |
| controlled by the Federal Reserve to control inflation, stimulate the economy, and have smooth functioning of the bank system | Monetary Policy |
| Founding father of Constitutional Convention delegate, author of the Federalist papers and the first secretary of the US treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| his words "give me liberty or give me death" | Patrick Henry |
| 4th president known as the Father of the Constitution, and believed in a robust yet balanced federal government | James Madison |
| wanted a strong government and strong executive branch and no bill of right | Federalist |
| wanted a weaker central government and demanded a bill of rights | Anti-Federalists |
| void | Nullification |
| national anthem of the United States written by Francis Scott Key, inspired by the battle of Fort McHenry | Star spangled banner |
| worlds tallest war memorial that honors all those who fought for Texas independence | San Jacinto Monument |
| state song | Texas our Texas |
| found father of the United States, led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War and was America's first president | George Washington |
| founding father of the United States, the first vice president of the United States and the second president | John Adams |
| 6th president of the United States and son of John Adams | John Quincy Adams |
| founding father of the United States, who wrote the Declaration of Independence. As. US president he completed the Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| 5th president of the United States, created the Monroe Doctrine, which disallowing further European colonization in the Americas | James Monroe |
| 16th president of the US, he preserved the Union during the US Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves | Abraham Lincoln |
| 7th vice president and believed in rights and slavery, which made him a symbol of the Old South | John Caldwell Calhoun |
| African American abolitionist (opponent of slavery) in pre Civil War America. First nationally known African American leader in the US History | Fredrick Douglass |
| president of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Her work paved the way for the 19th Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women right to vote | Susan B Anthony |
| he defeated Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to secure Texas independence. He was voted president twice and believed in slavery but wanted to preserve the Union | Sam Houston |
| first Black woman elected to the Texas state senate and the first Black Texan in Congress | Barbara Jordan |
| first Hispanic to serve in Texas State Senate, he was known for his opposition to segregation and poll tax | Henry B Gonzalez |
| first woman to represent Texas in the US Senate | Kay Bailey Hutchinson |
| resulted in the establishment of the concept of judicial review | Marbury v. Madison (1803) |
| resulting is state that he was not a citizen of the state and still property | Dred Scott v Sandord (1857) |
| Maryland passed a tax for the out of state bank (federal bank). Resulting in the federal bank not having to may the state taxes | McCulloch v Maryland (1819) |
| resulted in the Commerce Clause of the Constitution grants the federal government the power to determine how interstate commerce in conducted | Gibbons v Ogden (1824) |
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