7th grade 4th 6wk 6wk test

During the era of __________________Texas used the growth of cotton, cattle drives, and rail transportation to jump-start its economy.

• Cotton, Cattle and Railroads

• Civil Rights and Conservatism

• Civil War and Reconstruction

• Natural Texas and Its People

Slavery, the Confederacy and the Union are all part of the __________ era.

• Civil War and Reconstruction

• Age of Oil

• Spanish Colonial

• Modern Texas

Which image identifies the Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads era?

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Which image identifies Texas during the Civil War era?

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As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Senate would vote
• The House of Representatives would vote
• The President would vote
• Popular sovereignty

What did the Compromise of 1850 say about the other territories acquired by the US from Mexico?

• The people would decide whether they wanted slavery.

• They would automatically become slave states.

• Slavery was banned.

• All of the above.

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

• Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

• Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

• Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

What caused Houston to be removed from his governorship?

• He refused to join the Confederacy.

• He refused to join the Union.

• He didn't like the president.

• He wasn't good at the job.

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

​What was the result when Texans voted on secession in 1861?

• A majority of Texans supported secession
• A majority of Texans opposed secession
• Most Texans chose to remain neutral
• A majority of Texans supported Houston's position.