Age of Oil and Progressive Era Day 1 Warm-Up

Adoption of current Texas constitution

• Reasons for exploration
• 1845
• 1876
• Sharecropping

Spread religion, increase wealth, and find new trade routes to Asia through the Northwest Passage

• Reasons for exploration
• 1845
• 1876
• Sharecropping

Farming system in which former slaves and poor whites were trapped in a cycle of debt

• Reasons for exploration
• 1845
• 1876
• Sharecropping

United States annexed Texas

• Reasons for exploration
• 1845
• 1876
• Sharecropping

SCR: Explain TWO ways in which the expansion of the railroad industry impacted Texas in the late 1800s.

Which immigrant groups faced discrimination by nativists for helping construct rail lines during the 1800s?

• Chinese and Spanish
• French and Irish
• Irish and Spanish
• Chinese and Irish

Which letter correctly identifies Brownsville?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which letter correctly identifies El Paso?

• A
• B
• C
• D