Texas Early Statehood Vocabulary Quiz

Annexation

• The gate at the front of a ranch

• The addition of an area or region to a country or state.

• The financial transaction when purchasing land.

• The end of a river bank

Ranching

• Alternative to Farming

• Began in Spain

• A dry, temperate climate made the industry suitable for Texas.

• All of the Above

Headright Grant

• A grant of free land issued during the Republic of Texas to the head of the household.

• A college scholarship

• A group of settlers that settle to Texas after the Revolution

• A book written from the journal of an early Texas settler.

Homestead

• The name of the southern most town in Texas.

• A stamp that was used on the mail during the Republic days of Texas

• A family home and its surrounding lands

• A grant given to homeowners that discounted their taxes

Immigration Agent

• A person licensed and paid in land or money to bring settlers into a country

• A tax collector for the Texas Republic

• A spy for the Texas Republic

• The real estate seller for settlers

Cash Crop

• A grain storage silo

• The name given to the currency that was used in the republic of Texas

• First fast food chain in Texas

• A crop grown for the purpose of being sold

A system of involuntary servitude of African Americans

Telegraph

• A way of printing the newspaper

• A device used to send and receive messages over long distances using codes for letters and numbers

• Reading someone else's mind.

• A letter written to someone using pictures instead of letters.

Agriculture

• Needs available water and a long growing season.

• Corn and cotton thrived because of the Texas Climate

• A major part of the Texas Economy

• All of the above

Plantation Farming

(Multiple Answers)

• Large amounts of Cash Crops and Profits

• Had many factories and produced hard goods

• Cotton and Sugarcane were the main crops and it expanded the use of slavery in Texas.

• Farming that used machinery.