Worksheets7th - 5th Six Weeks
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The governor of Texas, James Hogg, did what to protect Texans from companies who abused their power?
a)
Threw business leaders of the oil industry in prison
b)
negotiated peace between ranchers, putting an end to the Range Wars
c)
helped create the Texas Railroad Commission, which helped regulate and reform the railroads
d)
Increased the power of the Texas governor
2.
Who are these people?
a)
Confederate Soldiers
b)
Famous cowboys
c)
Texas governors
d)
Famous ranch owners
3.
Railroads expanded all over the country. Identify a result of this expansion.
a)
Native Americans were forced onto the reservation
b)
new towns and cities exploded along the railroads' major routes
c)
It improved the fertility of the soil in Texas, resulting in more cotton
d)
Made business owners poorer
4.
All of the following were transported on historic Texas railroads except.....
a)
oil and lumber
b)
cattle
c)
cotton
d)
nuclear waste material
5.
What invention increased tension between Texas ranchers and farmers causing the "Range Wars?"
a)
The railroad
b)
The barbed wire
c)
The reservation system
d)
The Railroad Commission
6.
Urban areas in Texas grew as a result of the
a)
Age of Oil
b)
Age of Lumber
c)
Age of Cotton
d)
Age of the Civil War
7.
What town was Spindle-top located near?
a)
Dallas
b)
Houston
c)
Galveston
d)
Beaumont
8.
What year was oil discovered at Spindletop?
a)
1900
b)
1901
c)
1914
d)
1918
9.
A threat or danger a cowboy faced on the cattle drive was
a)
Stampedes
b)
criminals
c)
UFOs
d)
Harassment from Spanish Soldiers
10.
The oil industry changed which region of Texas the most?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
11.
What does suffrage mean?
a)
to protect your Rights
b)
to suffer
c)
vote
d)
to get made
12.
What happened first in 1900?
a)
The Galveston Hurricane
b)
First World War begins
c)
Women's suffrage amendment introduced
d)
Prohibition ends
13.
What happened second in 1914?
a)
The First World War begins
b)
Prohibition Ends
c)
Women's suffrage amendment introduced
d)
Galveston Hurricane
14.
What happens third in 1919?
a)
Women's suffrage amendment introduced
b)
Galveston Hurricane
c)
Prohibition ends
d)
WWI begins
15.
What happens last in 1933?
a)
Prohibition ends
b)
Galveston Hurricane
c)
women's suffrage amendment introduced
d)
WWI begins
16.
Rural Texas, or country side, morphed because these sprang up?
a)
boomtowns
b)
fenced off land
c)
skyscrapers
d)
pipelines
17.
The "Boom and Bust" Cycle is a period of constant growth.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A Progressive wants to....
a)
do nothing
b)
keep things the same
c)
protect your Constitutional rights
d)
reform societal and political problems by using the government
19.
According to the two maps, what happened to cotton farms?
a)
moved closer to urban areas
b)
drought killed them off
c)
cotton moved to the north
d)
farmers switched to oil
20.
According to the table, Dallas experienced the slowest percentage of population growth during the age of oil in Texas. Which region number is Dallas?
a)
1
b)
5
c)
3
d)
4
21.
What did Galveston do to prevent damage like the one in the photo?
a)
Built stronger buildings
b)
new hospitals
c)
built a seawall
d)
built a bridge connecting Houston to Galveston
22.
The timeline mainly describes
a)
the automobile
b)
new oil industry technologies
c)
wealthy oil companies
d)
Cattle drives
23.
Which innovation greatly increased Texas' agriculture output?
a)
the tractor
b)
the steam engine
c)
the barbed wire
d)
the oil well
24.
The "Boom and Bust" Cycle is a period of growth followed by a period of decline, then it repeats itself.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Who worked on the cattle trails?
a)
The ranch owner
b)
the cowboy
c)
buffalo soliders
d)
farmers
26.
The "Range Wars" were
a)
disputes of land between ranchers as they fenced off property
b)
disputes between the US military and Native Americans
c)
disputes between Native American tribes
d)
disputes between oil companies
27.
What industry expanded all over Texas and the US to transport products like cotton, cattle, oil, and lumber?
a)
the railroad
b)
UPS
c)
river ferries
d)
Cattle drives
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