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PHONEMES
Definition
A SOUND SMALLER THAN A SYLLABLE EXAMPLE: M, A, P
Term
GRAPHEME
Definition
THE WRITTEN REPRESENTATION OF A PHONEME. CAN BE A SINGLE LTTER OR MORE THAN ONE LETTER. EX: mat or M,A,T
Term
SYNTACTIC
Definition
STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION
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PRAGMATIC SYSTEM
Definition
DEAL WITH THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGES DEPENDING ON THE AUDIENCE
Term
SEMANTIC SYSTEM
Definition
SYSTEM OF MEANING.
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SHARED READING
Definition
WHEN TEACHERS AND STUDENT READ ALOUD TOGETHER
Term
READER'S THEATRE
Definition
STUDENT PRACTICE REREADING A SCRIPT MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE READING IT TO AN AUDIENCE.
Term
CHORAL READING
Definition
STUDENT READING IN UNISON
Term
HOTS
Definition
HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS
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HETEROGENEOUS LEARNING
Definition
NOT UNIFORM IN STRUCTURE
Term
DLTA
Definition
DIRECT LISTENING ACTIVITY
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PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
Definition
IDENTIFYI NG LARGER PARTS OF ORAL LANGUAGE SUCH AS WORDS AND SYLLABLES. THE BEST ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP THIS IS CLAPPING SYLLABLE OF FAMILIAR WORDS.
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PHONEMIC AWARENES
Definition
IDENTIFYING AND MANIPULATING THE INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS IN SPOKEN WORDS. EX ORAL RHYMING GAMES.
Term
PHONEME
Definition
IS A SOUND, THERE ARE 44 IN SPOKEN ENGLISH.
Term
ONSET
Definition
THE PART OF THE SYLLABLE THAT PRECEDS THE VOWEL OF THE SYLLABLE EX THE (T) IN TAP
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RIME
Definition
THE PART OF THE SYLLABLE THAT CONTAINS THE VOWEL AND ALL THAT FOLLOWS IS EX: TAP....(AP)
Term
A TEACHER CAN TELL A CHILD IS HAVING PHONOLOGICAL AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS
Definition
IF THE CHILD IS UNABLE TO DETECT OR PRODUCE RHYMING WORDS, UNDERSTAND OR ENJOY RHYMES FOUND IN BOOKS, BREAK WORDS INTO SYLLABLE USING CLAPPING AND OR TAPPING, BLEND SOUNDS TO MAKE WORDS, IDENTIFYSOUNDS IN ORAL LANGUAGE, DETECT OR PRODUCE PATTERNS OF ALLITERTION.
Term
INVENTED SPELLING
Definition
IS ONE INDICATION OF A CHILD'S LEVEL OF PHONEMIC AWARENESS
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ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE
Definition
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WORD ARE COMPOSED OF LETTER AND THAT THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINTED LETTERS AND SPOKEN SOUNDS.
Term
ENCODE
Definition
RELATES TO SPELLING
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DECODE
Definition
RELATES TO READING
Term
K-W-L CHART
Definition
WHAT I KNOW, WHAT I WANT TO LEARN, AND WHAT I LEARNED
Term
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
Definition
LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL
Term
PRECOMMUNICATIVE STAGE
Definition
CHILDREN HAVE NOT DISCOVERED THAT LETTERS REPRESEND SOUND.
Term
PREPHONEMIC STAGE
Definition
CHILDREN UNDERSTAND LETTERS REPRESEND SOUND
Term
PHONEMIC STAGE
Definition
CHILDREN BELIEVE THAT WORDS ARE SPELLED THE WAY THEY SOUND
Term
TRANSITIONAL STAGE
Definition
CHILDREN RECOGNIZE THAT ALL WORDS ARE NOT SPELLED EXACTLY AS THEY SOUND
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CONVENTIONAL STAGE
Definition
CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO APPLY SPELLING CONVENTIONS TO WORDS THEY WRITE
Term
A QUESTION
Definition
IS CALLED AN INTERROATIVE STATEMENT
Term
A.D.
Definition
ANNO DOMINI MEANING IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
Term
B.C.E
Definition
BEFORE COMMON ERA, IS EXPECTED TO REPLACE B.C.
Term
C.E.
Definition
COMMON ERA, IS THE SAME AS A.D. IS EXPECTED TO REPLACE A.D.
Term
MONOTHEISM
Definition
THE BELIEF IN ONE SUPREME BEING
Term
POLYTHEISM
Definition
THE BELIEF IN MORE THAN ONE GOD
Term
ROSETTA STONE
Definition
A LARGE BLACK SONE THAT WAS FOUND IN EGYPT. IT CONTAINED A MESSAGE IN THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WRITINGS, GREEK, EGYPTIAN SCRIPT AND EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS
Term
MAGNA CHARTA
Definition
SIGNED BY KING JOHN OF ENGLAND, IT KEPT THE POWER OF THE ENGLIH KING FROM BECOMING' ABSOLUTE" THEREFORE HIS POWER WAS LIMITED
Term
RENAISSANCE ERA
Definition
1400-1600
Term
MICHALANGELO
Definition
RENAISSANCE ARTIST
Term
LEANORDO DA VINCI
Definition
RENAISSANCE ARTIST
Term
COPERNICUS
Definition
SCIENTIST FROM RENAISSANCE ERA WHO SHOWED THAT THE EARTH REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN
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GALILEO
Definition
RENIASSANCE SCIENTIST WHO INVENTED THE TELESCOPE
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JOHN GUTENBURG
Definition
INVENTED THE PRINTING PRESS
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ISSAC NEWTON
Definition
DECRIBED THE LAWS OF MOTION AND GRAVITY
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NATIONALISM
Definition
THE SENSE OF BELONGING TO A NATION
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IMPERIALISM
Definition
WHEN THE INTEREST OF A DOMINANT NATION SUBJUGATES THE INTEREST OF ANOTHER
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CONSCRIPTION
Definition
THE DRAFT OF A YOUNG MAN TO THE MILITARY
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COLD WAR
Definition
TIME PERIOD AFTER WWII WHEN THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION PREPARED FOR WAR
Term
ATLATL
Definition
A SPEAR
Term
VIKINGS
Definition
FROM GREENLAND AND ESTABLISHED FISHING AND HUNTING BASES IN VINLAND AND CANADA
Term
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Definition
FIRST EUROPEAN TO DISCOVER AMERICA IN 1492
Term
NINA, PINTA, AND SANTA MARIA
Definition
THREE SHIPS COLUMBUS SAILED.
Term
NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS IN NORTH AMERICA
Definition
IRIQUIOS, CHEROKEE, SIOUX, NAVAJO, INUIT, BLACKFEET
Term
NATIVE AMERICANS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Definition
AZTEC, MAYAS, INCA
Term
PONCE DE LEON
Definition
SPANISH EXPLORER, FIRST SPANIARD TO SET FOOT IN FLORIDA
Term
HERNANDO CORTEZ
Definition
A SPANISH CONQUEROR OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE
Term
CABEZA DE VACA
Definition
FIRST SPANIARD TO EXPLORE WHAT IS NOW TEXAS
Term
ESTEBAN
Definition
THE AFRICAN WHO ACCOMPAINED CABEZA DE VACA ON HIS TRAVELS
Term
FRANCISCO CORONARDO
Definition
A SPANISH EXPLORER THAT TRAVLED ALL OVER LOOKING FOR FABLED SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD
Term
JACQUES CARTIER
Definition
SEARCHED FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Term
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
Definition
FRENCH EXPLORERE WHO ESTABLISHED A FORK AT WHAT WE KNOW NOW AS QUEBEC
Term
RENE - ROBERT CAVELIER AKS LASALLE
Definition
FRENCH EXPLORERE WHO SAILED THE LENGTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND CLAIMED IT FOR FRANCE NAMING THE ENTIRE ARE LOUISIANA
Term
JAMESTOWN
Definition
THE FIRST PROMINENT ENGLISH COLONY IN THE AMERICAS
Term
PLYMOUTH COLONY
Definition
ESTABLISHED IN 1620 BY THE PILGRIMS
Term
PILGRIMS
Definition
ALSO KNOWN AS SEPARTIST BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS BEIEFS
Term
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT
Definition
AN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY ALL THE MEN IN THE VOYAGE THEY AGREED TO ELECT THIER OWN LEADERS AND MAKE THIER OWN LAWS
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INDENTURED SERVANT
Definition
A PERSON WHO AGREED TO WORK FOR ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT PAY
Term
ROGER WILLIAMS
Definition
FOUNDED THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND
Term
ANNIE HUTCHINSON
Definition
A PURITIAN WOMAN WHO DISAGREED WITH THE LWARDSHIP OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONY
Term
WILLIAM PENN
Definition
ESTABLISHED THE ENGLISH COLONY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Term
DANIEL BOONE
Definition
SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE EXPLORING AND SETTLING THE AMERICAN FRONTIER
Term
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Definition
A LEARDER OF COLONIAL AMERICA, INVENTOR OF BIFOCAL LENSES, SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND SIGNER OF THE U.S.
Term
STAMP ACT
Definition
ENGLISH TAX ON AMERICAN COLONISTS, THE CRY FOR NO TAATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BEGAN
Term
BOSTON MASSACRE
Definition
ONE OF THE LEAD-UP EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Term
CRIPUS ATTUCK
Definition
A RUNAWAY SLAVE
Term
COMMITEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
Definition
THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY SAMUEL ADAMS TO KEEP THE COLONIST INFORMED AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OTHER COLONIES
Term
BOSTON TEA PARTY
Definition
AFTER THE ENGLISH PASSED A LAW THAT ALLOWED A BRITISH COMPNAY TO SEE TEA AT A VERY LOW PRICE WHICH HURT AMERICA
Term
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Definition
MOSTLY WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AND WAS PASSED JULY 4, 1776, IT DECLARED THE THIRTEEN AMERICAN COLONIES FROM ENGLAND
Term
PAUL REVERE
Definition
WAS A FOLK HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THAT RODE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO WARN COLONIST THAT THE BRITISH TROOPS WERE ON THE MOVE
Term
NATHAN HALE
Definition
WAS A LT, IN THE CONTIENTAL ARMY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. WAS EXECUTED AS A SPY IN 1776
Term
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Definition
THE MAIN AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENDENCE AND WAS THE THIR PRESIDENT.
Term
MANIFEST DESTINY
Definition
WAS THE IDEA THAT THE U.S. SHOULD STRETCH FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
Term
JAMES MADISON
Definition
MAIN AUTHOR OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, THE FOURTH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
Term
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Definition
THE TERRITORY WAS PURCHASED FROM FRANCE BY THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1803. STRETCHED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE ROCKY MOUNTIANS AND FROM NEW ORELEANS TO CANADA
Term
MERIWETHER KEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK
Definition
EXPLORED THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY OF THE WESTERN U.S.
Term
PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT
Definition
DESIGNED THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE NEW COUNTRY (WASHINGTON D.C.)
Term
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Definition
A PROMINENT WILDLIFE ARTIST
Term
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Definition
THE PERIOD IN THE 1800'S DURING WHICH MACHINES INSTEAD OF HAND TOOLS BEGAN TO BE USED TO PRODUCE GOODS
Term
ADOLITIONIST
Definition
PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY
Term
SOJOURNER TRUTH
Definition
BORN WITH THE NAME ISABELLA BAUMFREE, WAS ON OF THE EARLIST AND MOST PASSIONATE FEMAL ABOLITIONIST
Term
SLAVE CODES
Definition
LAWS IN SOUTHERN STATES THAT SPELLED OUT WHAT KIND OF LIVES SLAVES COULD LIVE.
Term
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Definition
A SYSTEM OF SLAVE ESCAPE ROUTES
Term
HARRIET TUBMAN
Definition
ESCAPED IN 1850, WAS A CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Term
MISSOURI COMPROMISE
Definition
STATED THAT MISSOURI WOULD BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE UNION AS A SLAVE STATE, THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE UNION TOGETHER.
Term
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854
Definition
A LAW THAT REPEALED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE, THE LAW ALLOWED KANSA AND NEBRASKA TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES IF THEY WOULD ALLOW SLAVERY.
Term
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Definition
THE 16TH PRESIDENT SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ( THE ORDER THAT FREED SLAVES IN CONFEDERATE STATES), HE DELIEVED THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (WHICH SUMME DUP THE MEANING OF AND THE PRICE OF LIBERTY)
Term
CLARA BARTON
Definition
SERVED AS A NURSE TO WOUNDED SOLDIERS DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND ESTABLISHED THE AMERICNA RED CROSS IN 1881
Term
13TH, 14TH, 15TH, AMENDMENTS
Definition
KNOWN AS THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
Term
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Definition
FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING AND A REFORMER OF HOSPITAL SANITATION METHODS
Term
HOMSTEADERS
Definition
PEOPLE WHO SETTLE ON THE GREAT PLAIN BETWEEN 1862 AND 1890
Term
HOMESTEAD ACT OF 1862
Definition
DECLARED THAT ANY CITIZEN COULD CLAIM 160 ACRES OF SURVEYED GOVERNMENT LAND OUTSIDE THE THIRTEEN COLONIES
Term
RAILROADS
Definition
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE OPENING OF THE WEST
Term
PANAMA CANAL
Definition
CONNECTED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WITH THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Term
SUFFRAGE
Definition
MEANS HAVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE
Term
CARRIER CHAPMAN CATT
Definition
A SUFFRAGIST WHOSE LEADERSHIP IN THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT WAS THE KEY TO THE PASSAGE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT WHICH GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE
Term
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
Definition
A SOCIAL MOVEMENT AGAINST THE USE OF ALCOHOL
Term
SUSAN B ANTHONY
Definition
A LEADER OF THE WOMEN'S UGGRAGE MOVEMENT AND THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
Term
CARRY NATION
Definition
A CRUSADER FOR THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
Term
W.E.B. DUBOIS
Definition
A TEACHER AND WRITE WHO HELPED FOUND THE NAACP IN 1909
Term
JANE ADDAMS
Definition
THE FOUNDER OF THE HULL HOUSE WHICH PROVIDED SERVICES FOR CHICAGO'S FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS. RECIEVED A NOBLE PEACE PRIZE IN 1931
Term
HELEN KELLER
Definition
FIRST BLIND DEAF PERSON TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE SIGHTED AND HEARING WORLD
Term
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
Definition
INVENTOR AND SCIENTIST INVENTED THE LIGHT BULB
Term
ISOLATIONSIM
Definition
AN ATTITUDE OF REMAINING SPERATED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
Term
WOODROW WILSON
Definition
HOPED TO ESTABLISH A PEACEFUL WORLD FOLLOWING WORLD WAR I.
HE HAD FOURTEEN POINTS ONE OF THE FOURTEEN POINTS CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Term
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Definition
A TIME OF GREAT ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTIST
Term
DUST BOWL
Definition
REFERS TO THE GREAT PLAIN DROUGHT OF THE 1930'S THAT MADE FARMING IMPOSSIBLE IN THE GREAT PLANS REGION
Term
AMELIA EARNHART
Definition
THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY SOLO
Term
BOSTON MASSACRE
Definition
ONE OF THE LEAD-UP EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Term
CRIPUS ATTUCK
Definition
A RUNAWAY SLAVE
Term
COMMITEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
Definition
THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY SAMUEL ADAMS TO KEEP THE COLONIST INFORMED AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OTHER COLONIES
Term
BOSTON TEA PARTY
Definition
AFTER THE ENGLISH PASSED A LAW THAT ALLOWED A BRITISH COMPNAY TO SEE TEA AT A VERY LOW PRICE WHICH HURT AMERICA
Term
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Definition
MOSTLY WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AND WAS PASSED JULY 4, 1776, IT DECLARED THE THIRTEEN AMERICAN COLONIES FROM ENGLAND
Term
PAUL REVERE
Definition
WAS A FOLK HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THAT RODE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO WARN COLONIST THAT THE BRITISH TROOPS WERE ON THE MOVE
Term
NATHAN HALE
Definition
WAS A LT, IN THE CONTIENTAL ARMY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. WAS EXECUTED AS A SPY IN 1776
Term
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Definition
THE MAIN AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENDENCE AND WAS THE THIR PRESIDENT.
Term
MANIFEST DESTINY
Definition
WAS THE IDEA THAT THE U.S. SHOULD STRETCH FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
Term
JAMES MADISON
Definition
MAIN AUTHOR OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, THE FOURTH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
Term
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Definition
THE TERRITORY WAS PURCHASED FROM FRANCE BY THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1803. STRETCHED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE ROCKY MOUNTIANS AND FROM NEW ORELEANS TO CANADA
Term
MERIWETHER KEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK
Definition
EXPLORED THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY OF THE WESTERN U.S.
Term
PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT
Definition
DESIGNED THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE NEW COUNTRY (WASHINGTON D.C.)
Term
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Definition
A PROMINENT WILDLIFE ARTIST
Term
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Definition
THE PERIOD IN THE 1800'S DURING WHICH MACHINES INSTEAD OF HAND TOOLS BEGAN TO BE USED TO PRODUCE GOODS
Term
ADOLITIONIST
Definition
PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY
Term
SOJOURNER TRUTH
Definition
BORN WITH THE NAME ISABELLA BAUMFREE, WAS ON OF THE EARLIST AND MOST PASSIONATE FEMAL ABOLITIONIST
Term
SLAVE CODES
Definition
LAWS IN SOUTHERN STATES THAT SPELLED OUT WHAT KIND OF LIVES SLAVES COULD LIVE.
Term
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Definition
A SYSTEM OF SLAVE ESCAPE ROUTES
Term
HARRIET TUBMAN
Definition
ESCAPED IN 1850, WAS A CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Term
MISSOURI COMPROMISE
Definition
STATED THAT MISSOURI WOULD BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE UNION AS A SLAVE STATE, THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE UNION TOGETHER.
Term
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854
Definition
A LAW THAT REPEALED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE, THE LAW ALLOWED KANSA AND NEBRASKA TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES IF THEY WOULD ALLOW SLAVERY.
Term
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Definition
THE 16TH PRESIDENT SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ( THE ORDER THAT FREED SLAVES IN CONFEDERATE STATES), HE DELIEVED THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (WHICH SUMME DUP THE MEANING OF AND THE PRICE OF LIBERTY)
Term
CLARA BARTON
Definition
SERVED AS A NURSE TO WOUNDED SOLDIERS DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND ESTABLISHED THE AMERICNA RED CROSS IN 1881
Term
13TH, 14TH, 15TH, AMENDMENTS
Definition
KNOWN AS THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
Term
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Definition
FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING AND A REFORMER OF HOSPITAL SANITATION METHODS
Term
HOMSTEADERS
Definition
PEOPLE WHO SETTLE ON THE GREAT PLAIN BETWEEN 1862 AND 1890
Term
HOMESTEAD ACT OF 1862
Definition
DECLARED THAT ANY CITIZEN COULD CLAIM 160 ACRES OF SURVEYED GOVERNMENT LAND OUTSIDE THE THIRTEEN COLONIES
Term
RAILROADS
Definition
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE OPENING OF THE WEST
Term
PANAMA CANAL
Definition
CONNECTED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WITH THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Term
SUFFRAGE
Definition
MEANS HAVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE
Term
CARRIER CHAPMAN CATT
Definition
A SUFFRAGIST WHOSE LEADERSHIP IN THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT WAS THE KEY TO THE PASSAGE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT WHICH GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE
Term
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
Definition
A SOCIAL MOVEMENT AGAINST THE USE OF ALCOHOL
Term
SUSAN B ANTHONY
Definition
A LEADER OF THE WOMEN'S UGGRAGE MOVEMENT AND THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
Term
CARRY NATION
Definition
A CRUSADER FOR THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
Term
W.E.B. DUBOIS
Definition
A TEACHER AND WRITE WHO HELPED FOUND THE NAACP IN 1909
Term
JANE ADDAMS
Definition
THE FOUNDER OF THE HULL HOUSE WHICH PROVIDED SERVICES FOR CHICAGO'S FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS. RECIEVED A NOBLE PEACE PRIZE IN 1931
Term
HELEN KELLER
Definition
FIRST BLIND DEAF PERSON TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE SIGHTED AND HEARING WORLD
Term
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
Definition
INVENTOR AND SCIENTIST INVENTED THE LIGHT BULB
Term
ISOLATIONSIM
Definition
AN ATTITUDE OF REMAINING SPERATED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
Term
WOODROW WILSON
Definition
HOPED TO ESTABLISH A PEACEFUL WORLD FOLLOWING WORLD WAR I.
HE HAD FOURTEEN POINTS ONE OF THE FOURTEEN POINTS CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Term
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Definition
A TIME OF GREAT ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTIST
Term
DUST BOWL
Definition
REFERS TO THE GREAT PLAIN DROUGHT OF THE 1930'S THAT MADE FARMING IMPOSSIBLE IN THE GREAT PLANS REGION
Term
AMELIA EARNHART
Definition
THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY SOLO
Term
HISTORY
Definition
THE STUDY OF THE MATERIAL RECORD OF THE PAST
Term
1519
Definition
ALONSO ALVAREZ DE PINEDA EXPLORES AND MAPS THE TEXAS COASTLINE
Term
1528
Definition
CABEZA DE VACA IS AMONG THE FIRST EUROPEANS TO EXPLORE THE TEXAS INTERIOR
Term
1682
Definition
CORPUS CHRISTI DE LA ISLETA, THE FIRST OF MANY SPANISH MISSIONS, IS ESTABLISHED NEAR EL PASE
Term
1821
Definition
MEXICO GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN
Term
1830
Definition
MEXICO FORBIDS THE ENTRY OF FURTHER U.S. SETTLERS INTO TEXAS
Term
1835
Definition
THE STUGGLE FORE THE INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS BEGINS WITH THE BALLET OF GONZALES
Term
1836
Definition
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS CREATED AND SIGNED
Term
1836
Definition
SANTA ANNA IS ROUTED BY GENERAL SAM HOUSTON AT THE BALLET OF SAN JACINTO
Term
1836
Definition
SAM HOUSTON IS ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
Term
1839
Definition
THE TEXAS CONGRESS MEETS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTIN, THE NEW CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC
Term
1845
Definition
TEXAS IS ADMITTED TO THE UNION AS THE 28TH STATE
Term
1846
Definition
THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAS IS FOUGHT OVER CLAIMS TO THE SOUTHER BOUNDARY OF TEXAS
Term
1846
Definition
THE CURRENT LONE STAR FLAG IS FLOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Term
1850
Definition
IN COMPORMISE OF 1850, TEXAS RELINQUISHES TERRITORY AND ACQUIRES IT'S PRESENT SHAPE
Term
1861
Definition
TEXAS SECEDES FROM THE UNION AND JOINS THE COFEDERACY
Term
1876
Definition
THE CURRENT TEXAS STATE CONSTUTION IS RATIFIED
Term
1901
Definition
OIL IS DISCOVED AT THE SPINDLETOP OIL FIELD, INITIATING THE MODERN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.
Term
COAHUILTECANS
Definition
ON THE COASTAL PLAINS, HUNTERS AND GATHERES WHO LIVED IN HUTS BUT OFTEN MOVED IN SEARCH OF FOOD.
Term
KARANHAWAS
Definition
ALONG THE TEXAS COAST, LIVED IN FAMILY GROUPD AND HAD A NOMADICE LIFESTYLE.
Term
TRANS-PECOS
Definition
LIVED IN ROCK SHELTERS, BUILT HOUSES THAT WERE RELATIVELY PERMANDENT IN DESERT CLIMATE WHERE THEY LIVED. WERE FARMES, BUT ALSO FISHED AND HUNTED
Term
CADDOS
Definition
COASTAL PLAINS, MAIN CROP WAS CORN, BUT GREW OTHER CROPS, WERE HUNTERS AND FISHERS, BUILT HOUSES THAT WERE RELATIVELY PERMANENT - BUILT OF CEDER FRAMES, WORSHIPED IN LARGE WOODEN TEMPLES, THE CADDO WORD FOR FRIENDS OR ALLIES IS TEJAS WHICH IS WHERE THE NAME OF OUR STATE IS DERIVED.
Term
TONKAWA
Definition
MONADIC BUFFALO HUNTERS AND GATHERS WHO LIVED IN CENTRAL TEXAS
Term
AGE OF EXPLORATION
Definition
THE 15TH & 16 CENTURES
Term
ALONSO ALVAREZ DE PINEDA
Definition
SAILED ALONG THE GULF COAST IN 1519 IN SEARCH OF A STRAIT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Term
1903
Definition
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MAKE THE FIRST POWERED FLIGHT
Term
1906
Definition
WILLIAM DEFOREST INVENTS THE VACCUM TUBE
Term
1908
Definition
HENRY FORD BEGINS MASS PRODUCTION OF THE AUTOMOBILE
Term
1920
Definition
KDKA-PITTSBURG BECOMES THE FIRST COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION ON AIR
Term
1922
Definition
INSULIN IS CREATED BY CANADIAN RESEARCHERS
Term
1927
Definition
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TELEVISION TRANSMISSION TAKES PLACE IN NEW YORK
Term
1928
Definition
ALEXANDER FLEMING DEISCOERS PENICILLIN
Term
1932
Definition
WALLACE CAROTHERSINVENTS NYLON
Term
1935
Definition
RADAR IS DEVELOPED BY ROBERT WATSON - WATT
Term
1936
Definition
SIGNIFICANT OIL FIELDS ARE DISCOVERED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Term
1947
Definition
RESEARCHERS AS BELL LABS INVENTED THE TRANSISTOR
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