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Unit 4, Chapter 8, Lesson 1-3 Summary

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frontier   the farthest part of a settled country  
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profit   the money that a person or business has left over after all the costs are paid  
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free enterprise   an economic system that lets people decide what to make, sell, and buy  
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cavalry   soldiers who fight battles while riding on horses  
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blockade   to block  
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plantation   a large farm that grew crops to sell  
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nullify   to refuse  
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sharecropper   a farmer who pays part of the crops he or she grows to a landowner  
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secede   to break away from  
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In the year _______, the U.S. paid Texas $10 million to give up parts of present-day New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Kansas.   1850  
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1. The first Texas _____ was held in the city of Dallas in 1886.   Fair  
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A writer named _____ wrote about Texas in 1855.   Frederick Law Olmsted  
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The parts of a country closest to lands that have not been settled yet are called _______.   Frontier  
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In a free enterprise system, the consumers are the people or businesses who buy the goods that are made and sold by the _____.   producers  
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6. Conflicts arose between new settlers and ________ when new settlers drove off or killed buffalo and other animals.   Native Americans  
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The people who buy are called the ____   consumers  
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The people that sell are called the ___   Producers  
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Producers are people that ____   sell goods they make  
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The consumers are the people that ____   buy the goods or stuff  
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1. The Civil War ended when ______ surrendered to Ulysses S.   Robert E. Lee  
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On June 19, 1865, Union general _______announced that all enslaved Texans were free.   Gordon Granger  
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On the nineteenth of June, many African American families celebrate a holiday that many call .   JUNETEENTH  
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An African American leader who was elected to the Texas Senate in 1869 was named ________.   Matthew Gaines  
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In 1870, the United States flag once again flew over the capitol building in ______   Austin, the Capital of Texas.  
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Many Anglo Americans felt that Governor _____ spent too much state money and was too eager to help African Americans.   Edmund Davis  
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________ was a period of rebuilding that lasted more than ten years.   Recosntruction  
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The first state to _____ or break away, from the nation was South Carolina.   secede  
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Most Southerners believed states should have the power to _____, or cancel, national laws they did not like.   nullify  
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Ships carrying goods that people needed could not get through the Union _______.   blockade  
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A _____ paid part of the crops he or she grew to the landowner.   Sharecropper  
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Some Texans loved to ride horses, so they joined ______ units.   Cavalry  
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There was a great demand for cotton, and ______ owners grew rich.   plantation  
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Business in Texas enjoys a ______ system, where producers and consumers have the right to make choices.   free enterprise  
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Once the cost of making and selling a product are paid, a producer hopes to make a ______ .   profit  
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Many enslaved African Americans worked in the fields on a ____________.   Plantation  
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The region was not completely settled, so some Anglo Americans still saw Texas as the ________.   frontier  
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