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Texas History 1st semester exam review

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