UIL Social Studies TX History 1

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Why is June 19 considered a holiday in Texas?

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Day that all enslaved Texans learned they were free

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Which monument is a reminder of the Texas victory in the last battle of the Texas Revolution?

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San Jacinto Monument

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These were characteristics of a time of rebuilding called_____.
African Americans had to find jobs and housing Farmers had to learn to grow crops without to Anger over new found African American rights

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Reconstruction

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What action in Texas following the ending of the Civil War best completes this diagram? Options: General Granger announces that enslaved Texans are free, Trade treaties are adopted with Mexico, Ulysses S. Grant opens a business in Laredo, Economy collapses with widespread unemployment

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General Granger announces that enslaved Texans are free

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Why were so many of the battles waged in Texas during the Civil War fought along the Gulf Coast?

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To keep Confederate ships from carrying goods into and out of the ports.

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Which agreement opened free trade among the United States, Mexico and Canada?

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North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement

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What year did Hernan Cortez conquer the Aztecs?

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1521

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What year did Alonso Alvarez de Pineda map the Texas coastline?

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1519

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What year did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado search for Cibola (cities of gold)?

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1540

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What year did Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca get shipwrecked in Galveston island and captured by the Karankawas?

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1536