Semester spring final review

Which taxes help fund the state and local governments in Texas including schools?

• Business and poll taxes

• Property and sales taxes

• Gasoline and inheritance taxes

• Income taxes and import tariffs

In what year did Texas join the Confederacy?

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• 1856

• 1859

• 1861

• 1865

What was the effect of Sam Houston’s refusal to swear an oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of

America?

• Texas did not secede from the Union.

• Sam Houston was removed as governor.

• Sam Houston was made a general in the Union army.

• Texas amended the state constitution to eliminate the oath.

Which of the following was a major reason for the decline of the open range in Texas in the late 1800s?

• the expansion of sheep ranching

• the fighting between cattle ranchers and farmers

  the expansion of sheep ranching

• the invention of refrigeration

• the invention of barbed wire

Why were mustangs well suited to being used in cattle drives?

• They were the largest and strong.

• Cattle followed them willingly.

• They were hardy and sure footed.

• They were specially bred for the work in California.

What was the most important agricultural crop in Texas between the end of the Civil War and 1900?

• Wheat

• Sorghum

• Cotton

• Corn

Reports of the discovery of oil at Spindletop would have first appeared in what year?

• 1900

• 1901

• 1914

• 1920

The primary goal of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association was to

• reform the poor conditions in Texas prisons

• make Texas railroads more powerful

• outlaw the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages

• win ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution for women's voting

Which industry was most affected by the contributions of Howard Hughes, Sr.?

• Agriculture

• Petroleum - oil industry

• Transportation

• Communication

How did Texas's abundance of natural resources affect the state during World War II?

• The war diminished the supply of natural resources in Texas, forcing Texas to import resources from other states.

• The wartime need for these natural resources helped bring about great industrial expansion in Texas.

• Texas economy remained mainly agricultural as the resources ran low.

• The abundance of natural resources in Texas led to attacks by the Axis powers.