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  • Which is longer? the Texas Constitution or the U.S. Constitution?
    Texas
  • Name one famous Cattle Trail in Texas:
    Goodnight-Loving, Potter-Bacon, Fletcher's, Western, Chisolm, Shawnee
  • What does GTT stand for?
    Gone To Texas
  • Spanish soldiers who conquered the new world were called?
    Conquistadors
  • _____ 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
  • A filibuster who plotted to claim land and stole horses from Texas in the late 1700's:
    Philip Nolan
  • Texas became the 28th state in what year?
    1845
  • French explorer who founded Fort St. louis in Texas?
    Robert La Salle
  • What was it called when cattle were rounded up and herded up north to Rail Road towns to be sold?
    Cattle Drive
  • _____ 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
  • Who won the Battle of the Alamo
    Mexico or Santa Anna
  • General Manuel Mier y Teran's report on the status of Texas led to what law?
    Law of April 6th 1830
  • What river forms the southern border of Texas with mexico?
    Rio Grande
  • Which Native Texas tribe lived in the piney woods of East Texas in tall dome shaped huts?
    Caddo
  • What River forms the northern border of Texas with Oklahoma
    Red River
  • Leader of the Mexican army during the Texas War for Independence?
    Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón or "Santa Anna"
  • What early battle of the Texas Revolution featured this flag?
    Gonzalez
  • What was the result of the Battle of San Jacinto?
    Texas Independence
  • Uprising in Nacogdoches in 1826 where settlers declared themselves the independent republic of Freedonia:
    Freedonian Rebellion
  • Land agents that were granted land to sell and supervise in Texas:
    Empresarios
  • Which Native Texan tribe lived in the Mountains and basins Region?
    Jumano
  • Name the three G motivations for exploring the new world:
    GOD, Gold, Glory
  • Who did Mexico when it's independence from in 1821?
    Spain
  • They helped keep the peace on the Western Frontier. They were a U.S. Army regiment of African American soldiers:
    Buffalo Soldiers
  • What city did the Hurricane of 1900 destroy?
    Galveston, TX
  • Which Texas region is the lowest in elevation?
    Coastal Plains
  • Who gave the famous fiery speech called the "Grito de Dolores"?
    Father Hidalgo y Costilla
  • Which Texas region is the highest in elevation?
    Mountains and Basins
  • Where in 1901, was the first successful oil well struck in Texas?
    Spindletop or Beaumont or Gladys City
  • What Mexican constitution were the Anglo settlers of Texas loyal to?
    Constitution of 1824
  • 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
  • In 1731 several East Texas missions were abandoned and moved to what city?
    San Antonio
  • Which president of the Republic of Texas had better relations with the Natives? Sam Houston or Mirabeau Lamar?
    Sam Houston
  • The Coahuiltecans and Karankawa lived in what region of Texas?
    Coastal Plains
  • What are the Four Regions of Texas?
    Coastal Plains, Central Plains, Great Plains, Mountains and Basins
  • Where was the very last battle of the Civil War fought?
    Palmito Ranch Texas
  • 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
  • Why was Stephen F Austin arrested in Mexico City?
    Because of a letter he wrote
  • Which Native Texas tribe were feared nomadic warriors of the Great Plains?
    Comanche
  • What was the main function of a Mission in Texas?
    Convert Natives to Christianity
  • What country built Missions and Presidios in Texas to claim the land?
    Spain
  • He brought the Old 300 to Texas to finish what his father started?
    Stephen F Austin