History of the Americas Questions
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Legendary 7 cities of gold (according to Estavanico). Coronado found only a pueblo full of angry Zunis.
Pirate with headquarters on Galveston Island who refused to help James Long fight against the Spanish.
Santa Anna's decision to execute Texas prisoners at Goliad.
The effort to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union.
Treaty that ended the Texas Revolution and included Santa Anna's promise to never fight against the Texans again.
Wandering with no permanent place to live. ( Many newly freed slaves were accused of vagrancy and sentenced to forced labor)
Commander of Texas forces at the Alamo. Drew a line in the sand. Wrote a famous letter declaring "Victory or death!"
Commander of Mexican forces during the Texas Revolution. Surrendered to General Sam Houston after the Battle of San Jacinto.
Banner used to decorate the Texan's cannon at the Battle of Gonzales.
Sam Houston and the Texan army defeat the Mexican Army under Santa Anna to win the Texas Revolution.
The view that the United States should expand its borders from coast to coast.
To put to death- usually by hanging- Though mob action and without legal authority
A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant (farmer) to use the land in exchange for part of the crop grown.( Resulting debt cycle kept majority of southerns- black and white- in extreme poverty for nearly 100 years).
To put a district or state under military control. (Ex. in NC due to KKK violence)
Geographic area, including the Texas Panhandle, that was hit by giant dust storms caused by drought and excessive plowing in the 1930's.
The period of history after the Civil War in which the government struggled to rebuild the South
"King's Road" leading from Mexico City to Texas.
Public Land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle.
The action of setting someone or something apart from other
Although conscription occurred during the Civil War, most men who fought were volunteers, many of whom initially expressed feelings of duty and honor.