Historical Events, Figures, and Landmarks

Use the timeline to answer the question.

When did Juneteenth happen?

• 2021

• 1776

• 1865

Raising Longhorn Cattle was

• NOT important for the economy of Fort Bend county

• an important part of the economy of Fort Bend county.

The discovery of oil happened____________.

• AFTER Juneteenth.

• AFTER raising longhorn cattle.

• All of the Above.

Fort Bend ISD starting was a major event in Austin, Texas.

• True

• False

Irma Rangel

• First female Mexican American elected to the Texas House of Representatives

• A president of the United States who helped create the U.S. national park system

• Helped America gain independence from Great Britain and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

John Hancock

• A president of the United States who helped create the U.S. national park system

• Helped America gain independence from Great Britain and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

• First female Mexican American elected to the Texas House of Representatives

Theodore Roosevelt

• Helped America gain independence from Great Britain and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

• African American that helped create the NAACP which is an organization that helps African Americans receive equal treatment.

• A president of the United States who helped create the U.S. national park system.

Thurgood Marshall

• A president of the United States who helped create the U.S. national park system.

• Helped America gain independence from Great Britain and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

• First female Mexican American elected to the Texas House of Representatives

W.E.B. Du Bois

• A president of the United States who helped create the U.S. national park system

• African American that helped create the NAACP which is an organization that helps African Americans receive equal treatment

• First female Mexican American elected to the Texas House of Representatives

Texas Independence is when____________.

• Texas fought and won a war to be its own country.

• Texas stayed a part of Mexico.

• Texas became a small city.