Texas revolution Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

GED Test 740 Questions with Verified Answers "WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? - CORRECT ANSWER They are palindromes Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? - CORRECT ANSWER Thomas Paine What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? - CORRECT ANSWER tigerhead What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? - CORRECT ANSWER friction Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle o...

ABCTE Elementary Education Exam 206 Questions with Verified Answers Magna Carta - CORRECT ANSWER (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom 13th Ammendment - CORRECT ANSWER officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude. Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER 1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no ...

TExES History 7-12 (233) Questions and Answers 100% Pass Mandate of Heaven In ancient China, this provided divine sanction for an emperor's right to rule. Establishing a code of conduct for emperors. Those who behaved immorally or exercised their power in a tyrannical manner lost their right to rule and could be removed through revolution. (competency 001) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Document that officially ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) in 1848, establishing the Rio Grande a...

Battle of Gonzales First battle of the Texas Revolution; 10-2-1835 Battle at San Jacinto Last battle of Texas Revolution, won by the Texans; Stephen F Austin Established the first Anglo-American colony in Texas; believed issues could be solved within the Mexican Structure; Secretary of State of Texas 1830 Law Mexican official made it illegal for any more Americans to move into Texas Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca After attempting to go back to Cuba, he would land in Galveston, Texas and li...

TExES History 7-12 Exam Questions And Answers 1529 - ANS Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas Coast 1528-34 - ANS Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca explores Texas for trade 1685 - ANS LaSalle established Ft. St. Louis @ Matagorda Bay, providing the basis of French claim to Texas territory 1688 - ANS The French colony is massacred 1689 - ANS The French continue to claim Texas but no longer physically occupies any part of the territory 1690 - ANS Alon...

Mandate of Heaven In ancient China, this provided divine sanction for an emperor's right to rule. Establishing a code of conduct for emperors. Those who behaved immorally or exercised their power in a tyrannical manner lost their right to rule and could be removed through revolution. (competency 001) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Document that officially ended the Mexican-American War () in 1848, establishing the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas. (competency 017) Republican ...

TExES History 7-12 (233) Exam Questions And Answers the Caddo - ANS dominant group in East Texas before European contact; lived in settled communities and practiced agriculture Empresario System - ANS system of colonization and land management in which settlers were allotted land in Texas as long as they enforced Mexican Law Colonization Law of 1825 - ANS allowed Anglos, who mainly emigrated from the United States, to colonize land in Texas under the empresario system to bet...

TEXES Social Studies 7-12 Exam Questions And Answers New Update Comanche - Answers -Native American tribe that lived in Central Texas, mastered the use of horses during battle, and were a nomadic people that lived in tepees. Caddo - Answers -Native American tribe that live in Eastern Texas. Hunted buffalo and had permanent homes that were made of wood frames with mud packed walls & built ceremonial mounds Coahuiltecan - Answers -An accumulation of Native American tribes that lived in So...

St. Albans - This Kanawha county community was once known as Coalsmith. Preston County - This West Virginia county boarders both Pennsylvania and Maryland. Grant County - This West Virginia county was formed in 1866 from Hardy county, was named for a union Civil War General later became president of the U.S. Jesse Burkett - This Wheeling native was the first West Virginian inducted into the Baseball Hll of Fame. Treason - Harman Blennerhasset was inducted for this crim...

As a result of the Adams-Onís Treaty, the United States gained which territory from Spain? - Florida The Long Expedition established a short-lived republic in Texas known as ________. - the Republic of Texas For what purposes did Thomas Jefferson send Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory? What did he want them to accomplish? - Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to find an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean, strengthen U.S. claims to the Pacific Northwest by reaching it throu...

Quantitative Analysis - ANSWERSthis is the study of society using numbers and statistics. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - ANSWERSPease treaty between the US and Mexico. The treaty called for the US to pay $15 million dollars, set the border at the Rio Grande and gave the US ownership of California, parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Over 90% of people in those areas chose to become US citizens. **Theory of Relativity** - ANSWERSEinstein Cordova Rebellion - A...