| A | B |
|---|
| raft | driftwood tangle blocking river traffic |
| veteran | person with experience in the armed forces |
| immigrant agent | person licensed to bring settlers into a country, paid in land or money |
| subsistence crops | crops used on the farm |
| heir | person who inherits |
| cash crop | crops grown in large quantities to be sold |
| fiesta | Hispanic cultural festival |
| charter | document that outlines the way an organization will function |
| telegraph | sending coded messages over electric wires |
| legislature | having to do with a lawmaking body |
| gristmill | mill for grinding grain |
| racism | belief that one race is superior to other races |
| Homestead Act | law that protected a person's home, tools, and 50 acres of land from foreclosure |
| Galveston | place where first Jewish services in Texas wer held |
| Jefferson | main shipping point for cotton grown in NE Texas |
| midwives | women who help deliver babies |
| John Neely Bryan | started settlement on Trinity River that became Dallas |
| H. L. Kenney | Built a trading post at the mouth of the Nueces that later became Corpus Christi |
| Sidney Sherman | veteran of San Jacinto who helped begin the Harrisburg Railroad |
| Richard Salmon | first public school teacher hired in the Republic of Texas |
