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Chapter 24 Emergence of a Modern State Review for Test

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SegregateTo separate or set apart from the general population
ProhibitionThe forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
Commission form of governmentEach commissioner is responsible for one area of government rahter than having a single mayor in charge of everything. Galveston adopted this form of governement after the Great Storm.
ProgressivismA reform movement that sought to correct social and political problems
PlatformA statement of the policies of a political party
Diez y Seis de SeptiembreA Mexican national holiday celebrating the anniversary of the beginning of Mexican independence
Cinco de MayoA Mexican national holiday celebrating the anniversary of a Mexican victory in a battle against France
Carry NationA Texan Prohibitionist and member of the WTCU; she used violence to destroy bars and saloons
James E FergusonA Texas governor impeached in 1917
Womens' Christian Temperance UnionA womens' group that worked together to ban alcoholic beverages
Three changes in farming in early 1900sUse of threshing machine, new types of plows, and use of steam engines
Health Care around 1900Before 1900, most settlers used home rememdies, After 1900 several medical school opened and more people saw doctors
Three largest cities in Texas in 1900Houston, Dallas and San Antonio
Three groups of people that had difficulties getting an education in Texas in 1900girls, African-Americans, and Mexican-Americans
Where most women in 1900 workedAt home
Where most women in 1900 worked if they worked outside the homeIn Agriculture
Why Galveston changed to the commission form of governmentBecause of the Great Storm and the diffculty of rebuilding Galveston
The two groups discouraged from voting by the poll taxAfrican-American males and Mexican-American males
How Progressivism and Prohibition are relatedProgressives wanted to solve societly's problems by making changes; Prohibitionist thought many of society's problems were caused by alcohol and wanted it banned to solve the problems


World Cultures
Ross Sterling Middle School

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