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Social Studies #1
1st semester Final study tool. Texas History
Question | Answer |
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Who was Jack Coffee Hays? | A captain in the Texas Rangers. |
Who was Edwin W. Moore? | A Navy Officer. |
Who was Sam Houston? | 1. First President of the R. O. T. 2. Secured Texas freedom. 3. HTX named after him. |
Who was Henry Clay? | 1. Lawyer 2. Rep. of Kentucky in Senate. 3. Rep. of Kentucky in House of Rep. |
Who was Mirabeau Lamar? | 2nd pres. of Rep. of Texas. |
Who was James K. Polk? | 11th president of the US. |
Who was James Pinckney Henderson? | The first governor of the state of Texas. |
What are mesas? | An isolated flat-steeped hills with steep-sides. |
What are buttes? | An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. |
What are the characteristics of the North Central Plains? | There is lower elevation here with many rolling hills. This area is very spread out, there are few to no major cities here. |