Texas History Final Exam Review 2022

Which of the following describes federalism?

• System with a weak central government and strong states
• System with a strong central government and weak states
• System of shared power between national and state governments
• System of shared power between national government and the king

_______ gives each branch of government some ability to limit the actions of the other branches.

• Checks and Balances
• Judicial Branch
• limited government
• separation of power

Select the correct causes of the Civil War

• Slavery, Land, Tariffs, States' Rights
• Religion, Silver, Taxes, No Voice
• Slavery, Economies, Tariffs, States' Rights
• Expansion, Land, Gold/Silver, Disease

What amendment ended slavery?

• 12th Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
• to abolish slavery
• 
  to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America

What amendment gave voting rights to African American males?

• 12th Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

How did the population shift during the Reconstruction era?

• urbanization to rural
• rural to urbaniztion
• Southerners moved to the North
• Southerners migrated to Europe

This group of men fought in nearly every battle in West Texas along the Rio Grande.

• Buffalo Soldiers
• Mexican Soldiers
• Texas Rangers
• Native American Soldiers

What year did the first successful oil well erupt, changing the Texas economy forever?

• 1901
• 1921
• 1900
• 1836

Roosevelt's collection of laws and programs to help the nation to deal with the Depression was known as...

• the New Deal.
• the Square Deal.
• the Hundred Days.
• Public Works.