Spring Final

2. Black ________ limited the rights of African Americans
5. the dust bowl was caused by _________, plowing, and drought
7. Which battle was the turning point that led to Union victory in the Civil War?
8. last name of the president of the United States when the Civil War began
9. long, light rope
11. The system in which voters elect officials to represent them in government is called
13. _________ Bureau was created by Congress to provide help and legal aid to freedpeople
14. Under the Constitution of 1845, the only groups allowed to vote were white males and _______
16. Who established the first ranches in Texas?
17. Gave African Americans the right to vote

1. In 1961 NASA chose to open the headquarters for its astronauts in ______
3. Oil well near Beaumont, Texas in 1901 that started the oil boom in Texas
4. this branch of government makes the laws
6. the GI bill provided money for college for who?
10. large-scale farming and processing of crops
12. _____ party, or the other name for the Populist Party
15. The Civil War began in April 1861 with a Confederate attack on Fort ________
17. Reconstruction officially ended in