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Which is longer? the Texas Constitution or the U.S. Constitution?

Texas

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They helped keep the peace on the Western Frontier. They were a U.S. Army regiment of African American soldiers:

Buffalo Soldiers

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Cattle known for their distinctive long horns which they used as protection from predators and for their ability to adapt and survive in any environment:

Longhorns

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What was it called when cattle were rounded up and herded up north to Rail Road towns to be sold?

Cattle Drive

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Name one famous Cattle Trail in Texas:

Goodnight-Loving, Potter-Bacon, Fletcher's, Western, Chisolm, Shawnee

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What city did the Hurricane of 1900 destroy?

Galveston, TX

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Where in 1901, was the first successful oil well struck in Texas?

Spindletop or Beaumont or Gladys City

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What was the name of the period of time in the early 1930's where crops didn't grow and much of the great plains was covered in dust storms?

Dust Bowl

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_____ WWII was an international conflict that led to the development of more new military facilities, Naval and aircraft production, ammunition plants, and petroleum plants in Texas.

WWII

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_____ was the first African American from a southern state to serve in the U.S. Congress after her service in the Texas State Senate.

Barbara Jordan

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