Tx History Spring Exam Review 2018

What ended the Mexican War?

• Treaty of Velasco

• Mexican-American Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Which agency was created to assist Freed people after the Civil War?

• Red Cross

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Slave Holder's Bureau

• Confederate States of America

Which holiday recognizes the freeing of slaves?

• Juneteenth

• 4th of July

• Cinco de Mayo

• Texas Independence Day

Mexican forces took first action when they attacked U.S. troops in Texas after crossing the _________________.

• Red River

• Gulf of Mexico

• Rio Grande

• Pacific Ocean

Well known _________________, "Rip Ford and John Coffee Hays challenged the Comanche on the Texas frontier.

• Empresarios

• Vaqueros

• Slaves

• Texas Rangers

The Legislative Branch is made up of which of the following?

• Supreme Court

• President

• Senate

• House of Representatives

Texas was affected by the Union blockade because it....

• blocked the Union ports

• blocked Texas from Mexico

• helped them get supplies

• blocked the Texas ports

Slaves were supposed to be free by ____________________________ during the Civil War.

• Decisions of Union army officers

• Confederate legislature late in the war

• Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln in 1863

• U.S. Senate in 1864

Who is responsible for defeating Robert E. Lee?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Stonewall Jackson

• James Henry

In the drier areas of West Texas and the Panhandle, how was groundwater brought to the surface?

• Solar Panels

• electricity

• irrigation

• windmills