2023 Final Exam Review

"BOON AND BUST" CYCLES ARE BEST DESCRIBED AS –

• PERIODS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE.

• THE IMPACT OF NEW WEAPONS DURING TIMES OF WAR.

• PERIODS OF TIME DURING WHICH A STATE'S POPULATION GROWS, THEN DECLINES.

• TIMES IN LIFE IN WHICH EVERYTHING GOES YOUR WAY, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.

Which group likely viewed the construction of new Spanish missions with suspicion?

• Catholic priests

• American Indian tribes

• Conquistadors

• Anglo settlers

What important mission was built in 1718?  hint: it will eventually be called "the Alamo"

• San Francisco de los Tejas
• San Juan Bautista
• San Antonio de Valero
• Santa Cruz de San Saba

What do we call the belief that the United States should own all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

• Ashworth Act
• ratification
• Manifest Destiny
• none of the above

The year 1519 is significant to Texas History because...

• Texas won their independence from France

• Texas formed a state with Coahuila.

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda mapped the coast of Texas

• Mrs. St. Julian was born

What year did Texas win its independence?

• 1821
• 1845
• 1836
• 1835

In 1821,

• Texas was annexed to the United States

• Mexico won their independence from Spain

• The final battle of the Civil War was fought.

• Mrs. Byrd was born.

The law of April 6, 1830 stopped immigration from what country? 

• Europe
• Mexico
• United States
• Spain

The conventions of 1832 and 1833 decided that...

• Texas should remain part of Mexico, but a separate state
• Texas should become an independent republic
• Texas should become a state in the United States
• Texas should remain a part of Mexico

What is the purpose of the Texas Bill of Rights?    

• Set up legislative committees
• Protect individual liberties
• Describe the President’s veto power
• Set up three branches of government