POP A SHOT USA CHAMPIONSHIP
5th Six Weeks
O What was the Missouri Compromise? O A law which stated that slavery
could not take place north of the 36’ 30 degree line.
O What was the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek?
O Treaty signed after the Civil War in which Native American were supposed to go to the reservations in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) and receive supplies in return for being peaceful.
O What position did James Hogg have in Texas government? What kinds of laws did he support?
O State attorney general and governor; anti-trust laws
O Who were the buffalo soldiers?O African Americans soldiers on the
frontier who fought against Native Americans.
O Where were cattle taken on cattle drives?
O Railroads to be sent to cities like Chicago to be processed.
O Why did the reservation policy fail?O Many Native Americans did not sign
the peace treaty.
O What influence did railroads have on Texas?
O Used to transport cattle to markets across the country and made cattle ranching very profitable; People settled next to the railroads.
O What is Juneteenth?O On June 19, 1865, General Gordon
Granger announced to Texas that slavery had ended. People continue to celebrate from slavery on that date.
O Who was the most successful inventor of barbed wire?
O Joseph Glidden
O How did ranchers use barbed wire?O To keep their cattle from running
off; to make sure that they have a water supply.
O What influence did barbed wire have on ranching in Texas and the U.S?
O The barbed wire put an end to the open range and ended the trail drives.
O What was the most important crop grown in Texas in the late 1800s?
O Cotton
O What was the Texas Railroad Commission?
O It was set up by Governor James Hogg and stopped many unfair railroad practices
O Which organization used violence to prevent African Americans from voting?
O Ku Klux Klan
O What do we call the time period after the Civil War which reestablished governments in the South (1865-1876)?
O Reconstruction
O What was Spindletop?O The 1st oil discovery in Texas and
boosted overall economic development in the US and Texas.
O Which political party supported laws and candidates for government that protected farmers and factory workers?
O The Populists
O What was Prohibition?O The time period where alcohol was
not allowed (18th amendment). It lasted about 20 years- it was repealed in 1932.
O Describe the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.
O A category 4 hurricane. People had very little warning which resulted in over 6,000 people dying.
O What is an abolitionist?O Someone who supported the end of
slavery.