Identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain the purpose of dividing the past into eras, including Natural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial; Mexican National; Revolution and Republic; Early Statehood; Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction; Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads; Age of Oil; Texas in the Great Depression and World War II; Civil Rights Contemporary Texas.
Explain the significance of the following dates: 1519, mapping of the Texas coast and first mainland Spanish settlement; 1718, founding of San Antonio; 1821, independence from Spain; 1836, Texas independence; 1845, annexation; 1861, Civil War begins; 1876, adoption of current state constitution 1901, discovery of oil at Spindletop.
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Which Era of Texas History can be described by the following: Rising tensions between citizens and government over policy changes within the government; disputes over civil rights and liberties due to government changes; and confrontations with soldiers?
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Revolution and Republic
Spanish Colonial
Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction
Cotton, Cattle and Railroads
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Cabeza de Vaca and Rene-Robert Cavelier would be mentioned amoung the defining characteristics of the Era know as…
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Spanish Colonial
Age of Oil
Age of Contact
Civil Rights
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Which Era of Texas History can be described by the following: Rising tensions between citizens and government over policy changes within the government; disputes over civil rights and liberties due to government changes; and confrontations with soldiers?
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Cabeza de Vaca and Rene-Robert Cavelier would be mentioned amoung the defining characteristics of the Era know as…
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What is the significance of 1821?
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New technologies, including the gas engine, created the need for natural resources that led to discoveries in Texas, that vastly increased Texas wealth; and, the growth of its cities. Which of the following sentences would be most likely to follow this statement.
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San Antonio was founded in what year?
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In what year would this picture mostly like have been taken?
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In 1845, despite the opposition to the spread of slavery and the treat of war with Mexico, which of the following occurred.
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Prior to 1519, the people of Texas were which of the following?
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Which Era of Texas History can be characterized by the following: The movement toward rights for all and the rise of Conservatism in Texas?
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1836 is to the Texas Revolution as 1861 is to which of the following?
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In 1836 the Battle of the Alamo took place, however, the nearly 200 Texans who died there did not know that the following had occurred?
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Due to Reconstruction policies in Texas after the Civil War, by 1876 Texas had to do which of the following?
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Which Texas city was founded in 1718?
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Which of the following significant events occurred in 1836?
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What significant event occurred in 1901?
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Why do historians divide the past into eras?
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The major era in Texas History known as the Age of Contact is best described as which of the following?
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Which of the following happened in 1861?
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The first mainland Spanish settlement of Texas occurred in which of the following years?
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In which era did the development of a major technology led to the development of two major Texas industries?
