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____________ soldier – an African American soldier who served in the western U.S. after the Civil War (Unit 2 Lesson 3 Page 9)
They got this nickname from the Native Americans. These cultures respected the buffalo, therefore, the nickname was intended to be a compliment and a show of admiration for these soldiers. The nickname described the Black soldiers’ hair--the Native Americans thought it resembled the hair around the head and neck of the buffalo.
Distinguished Service of Buffalo Soldiers
From 1867 to 1896 the Buffalo Soldiers fought in Texas. Their main jobs were to prevent attacks and raids from Indigenous people on the frontier and to police against cattle thieves. They did their job so well that ______ Buffalo Soldiers were given Medals of Honor. The Medal of Honor is the army’s highest award for bravery. (Unit 2 Lesson 3 Page 12)
Lesson 5
Before 1779, some Texas cattle had been sold to Mexico, but most of the meat and hides from the Texas cattle were used locally. In 1779, the need to feed Spanish soldiers in Louisiana and the Caribbean meant cattle could command high prices if they were taken to ______ ______________. (Unit 2 Lesson 5 Page 6)
Lesson 6
One thing about cowboys--that the lesson and test say is a myth: most cowboys were not skilled at
_______________ __________. Most cowboys used a tied rope called a lariat, not a gun, as their tool of the trade. (Unit 2 Lesson 6 Page 3)
Successful Cattle Women
Anna Mebus Martin and her family immigrated to Texas from _____________. She accomplished a lot in cattle sales, in business management, and in banking. After her husband’s death, she founded the Commercial Bank, which is still in business in Mason. (Unit 2 Lesson 6 Page 12)
_____________________, school teacher, bought 10 acres of land and began herding cattle that had been roaming freely. She became the first woman to work on the Chisholm Trail, and travel with a number of her hired cowhands on a cattle drive. By the time she died, she owned land in ______counties. Her nickname was the “Cattle Queen of Texas”. (Unit 2 Lesson 6 Page 12)
Lesson 7
Short Answer Question:
How did developments both outside of Texas and inside the state encourage Texas farmers to rapidly increase the amount of cotton that they grew from 1860 to 1900? (Unit 2 Lesson 7 Page 4)
Points to include in your answer:
What 2 places had a high demand for Texas cotton? _____________________________________________
Why did factories in those areas want to buy Texas cotton? ________________________________________
How did cottonseed and oleomargarine change the demand for cotton? _________________________
How did the expansion of railroads and innovations make more efficient ways to gin and bale cotton?
Railroads allowed cotton to be __________________________________________________________
Innovations (Inventions) such as the ________________________ allowed more efficient ways to gin and bale cotton.
Lesson 8
Governor James Hogg’s Populist Reforms
Created a three-person Commission to regulate railroads
lower shipping rates giving farmers more money to pay bills
law preventing _________ companies from buying _________ land (Unit 2 Lesson 8 page 24)
law requiring corporations to sell land back to citizens if not developed within 15 years
Short Answer Question: How did the creation of the Texas Railroad Commission make business better for farmers, ranchers, and shippers? (Unit 2 Lesson 8 Pages 13-14)
Points to include in your answer:
Who pushed for railroad regulation and created the Texas Railroad Commission? ___________________
What did the commission oversee? ______________________________________________________________
How did this help farmers, shipping companies, and ranchers? ______________________________________
Lesson 9
Texas women began to realize they had a powerful role in society and that they could bring about change.
Women were also working more outside the home. Advances in ______________ in the form of the typewriter and the telephone gave women the chance to work, and working meant they were earning their own money. But that was not enough. In order to effect real change, they knew they needed to have their voices heard. (Unit 2 Lesson 9 Page 21)
This way of thinking made women push for voting rights.
Question #7 is a bad question: The answer is, “many pipelines are built in Texas to safely transport oil
from oilfields to refineries”
Lesson 11
Short Answer Question: How are the identities of cities such as Dallas and Houston directly related to the discovery of oil at Spindletop? DO NOT COPY AND PASTE from this! Read the info and write an answer in your own words.
boomtowns
Houston
Dallas
1. experienced quick but often short-lived economic growth when oil was first discovered nearby
1. opened a ___________channel that made it easier to transport oil and other goods (Unit 2 Lesson 11 Page 21 - Question 2)
1. developed into a ___________ and financial center for the oil industries in Texas and Oklahoma (U2 L11 Page 21 Question 2)
2. required the Texas Rangers to maintain order when gamblers and outlaws moved in
2. became home to many oil companies and refineries that help fuel Texas’s modern economy
2. experienced economic growth during the Great Depression due to the East Texas Oil Field
Lesson 12
_____________ County is dealing with a humanitarian crisis. Texas recently surpassed Arizona in the number of illegal immigrants who died trying to cross through rough, harsh land. Most of these deaths have taken place in Brooks County. The number of undocumented immigrant deaths from Central America continues to grow each year in Brooks County. (Unit 2 Lesson 12 Page 25)
Lesson 13
The Harlem Hellfighters were the most celebrated Black regiment in World War I. This division was made up of nearly 70 Black soldiers from Texas. When these soldiers first arrived in France, all they did was unload cargo for the AEF because white officers did not want to fight with them in their units.
The Hellfighters were turned over and reassigned to the _____________ Army when those forces were depleted, and demonstrated their bravery when they defeated large numbers of German soldiers in France. (Unit 2 Lesson 13 Page 21)
They were awarded France’s highest military honor at the end of the war.
Lesson 14
Short Answer Question: How were the poll tax and the White primary used to limit some minority groups voting rights in early twentieth-century Texas? (Unit 2 Lesson 14 Page 5)
Voting access was limited through the ________ tax. The poll tax kept poor people of all races, but especially Black and Mexican Americans, from being able to participate in elections.
Another way to suppress voting rights was the White Primary. This was when only White voters were allowed to vote in Democratic primary elections. Because the political leadership in Texas was almost entirely Democratic, Black and Mexican-American voters were locked out of a key part of state elections.
Lesson 15
League of United Latin American Citizens (_____________) – the first nationwide Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States (Unit 2 Lesson 15 Page 7)
Jose Tomas Canales was the founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). LULAC focused on helping people gain civil rights in all areas of life, but the main focus was on _________________, housing, healthcare, and voting. (Unit 2 Lesson 15 Page 10)
suffrage – the right to vote
_______________Amendment – the amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted women the right to vote (Unit 2 Lesson 15 Page 13)
Women’s rights evolved over the 20th century due to influential female leaders such as Oveta Hobby Culp and Jane Y. McCallum. In 1920, women were finally given the right to ____________ and have since been assigned to influential positions in all areas of government. (Unit 2 Lesson 15 Page 16)
Oveta Culp Hobby helped lead the Women’s Army Corps in World War II. She led many efforts to support Texas women in her lifetime. Hobby later served in the U.S. government as the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Jane McCallum was a Secretary of State for Texas. She was also important in women’s rights.
Lessons 14 and 15:
Make sure that you read over these 2 lessons even though they do not have any fill-in-the-blanks.
____________ soldier – an African American soldier who served in the western U.S. after the Civil War (Unit 2 Lesson 3 Page 9)
They got this nickname from the Native Americans. These cultures respected the buffalo, therefore, the nickname was intended to be a compliment and a show of admiration for these soldiers. The nickname described the Black soldiers’ hair--the Native Americans thought it resembled the hair around the head and neck of the buffalo.
Distinguished Service of Buffalo Soldiers
From 1867 to 1896 the Buffalo Soldiers fought in Texas. Their main jobs were to prevent attacks and raids from Indigenous people on the frontier and to police against cattle thieves. They did their job so well that some Buffalo Soldiers were given Medals of Honor. The Medal of Honor is the army’s highest award for bravery. (Unit 2 Lesson 3 Page 12)
Lesson 5
Before 1779, some Texas cattle had been sold to Mexico, but most of the meat and hides from the Texas cattle were used locally. In 1779, the need to feed Spanish soldiers in Louisiana and the Caribbean meant cattle could command high prices if they were taken to New Orleans. (Unit 2 Lesson 5 Page 6)
Lesson 6
One thing about cowboys--that the lesson and test say is a myth: most cowboys were not skilled at shooting guns. Most cowboys used a tied rope called a lariat, not a gun, as their tool of the trade. (Unit 2 Lesson 6 Page 3)
Successful Cattle Women
Anna Mebus Martin and her family immigrated to Texas from Germany. She accomplished a lot in cattle sales, in business management, and in banking. After her husband’s death, she founded the Commercial Bank, which is still in business in Mason. (Unit 2 Lesson 6 Page 12)
Sarah Cockrell, school teacher, bought 10 acres of land and began herding cattle that had been roaming freely. She became the first woman to work on the Chisholm Trail, and travel with a number of her hired cowhands on a cattle drive. By the time she died, she owned land in several counties. Her nickname was the “Cattle Queen of Texas”. (Unit 2 Lesson 6 Page 12)
Lesson 7
Short Answer Question:
How did developments both outside of Texas and inside the state encourage Texas farmers to rapidly increase the amount of cotton that they grew from 1860 to 1900? (Unit 2 Lesson 7 Page 4)
Points to include in your answer:
What 2 places had a high demand for Texas cotton? Britain and New England
Why did factories in those areas want to buy Texas cotton? Because Texas cotton was of good quality and could be processed into textiles efficiently
How did cottonseed and oleomargarine change the demand for cotton? Cottonseed oil and oleomargarine increased the demand for cotton because the byproducts of cotton became valuable commodities
How did the expansion of railroads and innovations make more efficient ways to gin and bale cotton? Railroads allowed cotton to be transported more quickly and efficiently, while innovations such as the cotton gin improved the processing of raw cotton into usable fibers. (Unit 2 Lesson 7 Page 4)
Lesson 8
Governor James Hogg’s Populist Reforms
Created a three-person Commission to regulate railroads
lower shipping rates giving farmers more money to pay bills
law preventing railroad companies from buying government land (Unit 2 Lesson 8 page 24)
law requiring corporations to sell land back to citizens if not developed within 15 years
Short Answer Question: How did the creation of the Texas Railroad Commission make business better for farmers, ranchers, and shippers? (Unit 2 Lesson 8 Pages 13-14)
Points to include in your answer:
Who pushed for railroad regulation and created the Texas Railroad Commission? Governor James Hogg
What did the commission oversee? The commission oversaw the regulation of railroads and ensured fair shipping rates for farmers, ranchers, and shippers.
How did this help farmers, shipping companies, and ranchers? The regulation of railroads and lower shipping rates allowed farmers, ranchers, and shippers to transport their goods more affordably and efficiently, leading to increased profitability and economic growth. (Unit 2 Lesson 8 Pages 13-14)
Lesson 9
Texas women began to realize they had a powerful role in society and that they could bring about change.
Women were also working more outside the home. Advances in technology in the form of the typewriter and the telephone gave women the chance to work, and working meant they were earning their own money. But that was not enough. In order to effect real change, they knew they needed to have their voices heard. (Unit 2 Lesson 9 Page 21)
This way of thinking made women push for voting rights.
Lesson 11
Short Answer Question: How are the identities of cities such as Dallas and Houston directly related to the discovery of oil at Spindletop? DO NOT COPY AND PASTE from this! Read the info and write an answer in your own words.
boomtowns
Houston
Dallas
1. experienced quick but often short-lived economic growth when oil was first discovered nearby
1. opened a shipping channel that made it easier to transport oil and other goods (Unit 2 Lesson 11 Page 21 - Question 2)
1. developed into a commercial and financial center for the oil industries in Texas and Oklahoma (U2 L11 Page 21 Question 2)
2. required the Texas Rangers to maintain order when gamblers and outlaws moved in
2. became home to many oil companies and refineries that help fuel Texas’s modern economy
2. experienced economic growth during the Great Depression due to the East Texas Oil Field
Lesson 12
Brooks County is dealing with a humanitarian crisis. Texas recently surpassed Arizona in the number of illegal immigrants who died trying to cross through rough, harsh land. Most of these deaths have taken place in Brooks County. The number of undocumented immigrant deaths from Central America continues to grow each year in Brooks County. (Unit 2 Lesson 12 Page 25)
Lesson 13
The Harlem Hellfighters were the most celebrated Black regiment in World War I. This division was made up of nearly 70 Black soldiers from Texas. When these soldiers first arrived in France, all they did was unload cargo for the AEF because white officers did not want to fight with them in their units.
The Hellfighters were turned over and reassigned to the French Army when those forces were depleted, and demonstrated their bravery when they defeated large numbers of German soldiers in France. (Unit 2 Lesson 13 Page 21)
They were awarded France’s highest military honor at the end of the war.
Lesson 14
Short Answer Question: How were the poll tax and the White primary used to limit some minority groups voting rights in early twentieth-century Texas? (Unit 2 Lesson 14 Page 5)
Voting access was limited through the poll tax. The poll tax kept poor people of all races, but especially Black and Mexican Americans, from being able to participate in elections.
Another way to suppress voting rights was the White Primary. This was when only White voters were allowed to vote in Democratic primary elections. Because the political leadership in Texas was almost entirely Democratic, Black and Mexican-American voters were locked out of a key part of state elections.
Lesson 15
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) – the first nationwide Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States (Unit 2 Lesson 15 Page 7)
Jose Tomas Canales was the founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). LULAC focused on helping people gain civil rights in all areas of life, but the main focus was on education, housing, healthcare, and voting. (Unit 2 Lesson 15 Page 10)
suffrage – the right to vote
19th Amendment – the amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted women the right to vote (Unit 2 Lesson 15 Page 13)
Women’s rights evolved over the 20th century due to influential female leaders such as Oveta Hobby Culp and Jane Y. McCallum. In 1920, women were finally given the right to vote and have since been assigned to influential positions in all areas of government. (Unit 2 Lesson 15 Page 16)
Oveta Culp Hobby helped lead the Women’s Army Corps in World War II. She led many efforts to support Texas women in her lifetime. Hobby later served in the U.S. government as the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Jane McCallum was a Secretary of State for Texas. She was also important in women’s rights.
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____________ soldier – an African American soldier who served in the western U.S. after the Civil War (Unit 2 Lesson 3 Page 9)
They got this nickname from the Native Americans. These cultures respected the buffalo, therefore, the nickname was intended to be a compliment and a show of admiration for these soldiers. The nickname described the Black soldiers’ hair--the Native Americans thought it resembled the hair around the head and neck of the buffalo.
Distinguished Service of Buffalo Soldiers
From 1867 to 1896 the Buffalo Soldiers fought in Texas. Their main jobs were to prevent attacks and raids from Indigenous people on the frontier and to police against cattle thieves. They did their job so well that many Buffalo Soldiers were given Medals of Honor. The Medal of Honor is the army’s highest award for bravery. (Unit 2 Lesson 3 Page 12)
Lesson 5
Before 1779, some Texas cattle had been sold to Mexico, but most of the meat and hides from the Texas cattle were used locally. In 1779, the need to feed Spanish soldiers in Louisiana and the Caribbean meant cattle could command high prices if they were taken to New Orleans. (Unit 2 Lesson 5 Page 6)
Lesson 6
One thing about cowboys--that the lesson and test say is a myth: most cowboys were not skilled at shooting guns. Most cowboys used a tied rope called a lariat, not a gun, as their tool of the trade. (Unit 2 Lesson 6 Page 3)
Successful Cattle Women
Anna Mebus Martin and her family immigrated to Texas from Germany. She accomplished a lot in cattle sales, in business management, and in banking. After her husband’s death, she founded the Commercial Bank, which is still in business in Mason. (Unit 2 Lesson 6 Page 12)
Sarah Cockrell, school teacher, bought 10 acres of land and began herding cattle that had been roaming freely. She became the first woman to work on the Chish