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WorksheetsFinal Exam Practice!
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 56mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.
a)
Progressive
b)
Reform
c)
Populist Party
d)
Muckraker
2.
change
a)
Progressive
b)
Reform
c)
Populist Party
d)
Muckraker
3.
adopted in 1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendent
c)
15th Amendment
4.
adopted in 1868, that makes all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves— citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
5.
adopted in 1870, that prohibits the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
6.
laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.
a)
Racist
b)
Prejudice
c)
Discrimination
d)
Jim Crow
7.
The movement to grant woman the legal right vote was called--
a)
Prohibition
b)
Woman Sufferage
c)
The Temperance Movement
d)
Jim Crow Law
8.
The movement to ban the making, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages was called--
a)
The Progressive Movement
b)
Woman's Sufferage
c)
The Temperance Movement
d)
Jim Crow Laws
9.
Define Section
a)
Generally jobs not requiring physical labor
b)
A framework or tower that supports a drill over a deep hole
c)
Unit of land equal to 1 square mile
d)
The right to vote
10.
Define Jim Crow Laws
a)
The right to vote
b)
Laws discriminating against African Americans
c)
A structure used to connect telephone calls manually
d)
A town that experiences sudden growth in pop and businesses
11.
Define Temperance
a)
The practice of drinking little to no alcohol
b)
A town that experiences sudden growth in pop and businesses
c)
The right to vote
d)
A person who urges or works for improvement or change
12.
Define Suffrage
a)
Teaching males and females in the same class
b)
The practice of drinking little to no alcohol
c)
Extending or going across a continent
d)
The right to vote
13.
Define: CoEducation
a)
Mexican-American mutual aid society
b)
A tax of a fixed amount that a voter must pay to vote
c)
Teaching males and females in the same class
d)
Exclusive possession or control
14.
__________:Extending or going across a continent
a)
Mortgage
b)
Transcontinental
c)
Suffrage
d)
Derrick
15.
_________:Exclusive possession or control
a)
Monopoly
b)
Commission
c)
Literacy
d)
Mutualista
16.
__________: A town that experiences sudden growth in pop and businesses
a)
Scrip
b)
Boomtown
c)
White Collar
d)
Prosperity
17.
Define a Derrick
a)
A framework or tower that supports a drill over a deep hole
b)
A town that experiences sudden growth in pop and businesses
c)
Nongovernment currency that could be spent only at a company store
d)
A person
18.
__________:Nongovernment currency that could be spent only at a company store
a)
Migrant Labor
b)
Lynch
c)
Reformer
d)
Scrip
19.
___________:Generally jobs not requiring physical labor
a)
Entrepreneur
b)
White Collar
c)
Reformer
d)
Derrick
20.
__________:The ability to read and write
a)
Literacy
b)
Poll Tax
c)
Grange
d)
Monopoly
21.
Define Lynch
a)
To put to death usually by hanging without a trial
b)
A way to vote
c)
Slang for Lunch
d)
A government building in town
22.
__________:Work performed by persons who move regularly especially to paint and harvest crops
a)
Migrant Labor
b)
Mutualista
c)
Entrepreneur
d)
Scrip
23.
What are vaqueros?
a)
Spanish term for cowboy
b)
The majors in Spanish towns
c)
Someone who works on a ranch
d)
An oil miner
24.
Tenant Farming
a)
Someone who farms land owned by another person and pays rent.
b)
A tenant farmer who pays his landlord with some of his crops instead of cash.
c)
producing goods either by hand or with machines for sale in large numbers
25.
Sharecropping
a)
A tenant farmer who pays his landlord with some of his crops instead of cash.
b)
Someone who farms land owned by another person and pays rent.
c)
producing goods either by hand or with machines for sale in large numbers
d)
Paying for goods with money that is not your own.
26.
Why did African Americans in Texas choose to fight for the Union Army?
a)
They had achieved freedom and could do so
b)
They did not want to fight alongside their former owners
c)
A Union victory would result in a quicker end to slavery
d)
The Union Army paid them
27.
Northerners wanted to abolish slavery and Southerners wanted to keep slavery. These two divided sections of the US selfishly focused on their own needs. This is called....
a)
sectionalism
b)
nationalism
c)
patriotism
d)
sectarianism
28.
Which Texan in the U.S. Senate voted against the Kansas-Nebraska Act for fear it would lead to civil war?
a)
Henry Shibley
b)
Sam Houston
29.
Which factor leading to Texas's secession concerns how much a state is allowed to govern itself and how much power the federal government has over the state? This included Texas's belief that it had the right to decide whether to allow slavery.
a)
the Election of 1860
b)
states' rights
30.
Why did some Texans, such as Sam Houston, want to avoid secession?
a)
He remembered the days when Texas was an independent nation and thought Texas was better off as a member of the Union.
b)
He was a fierce abolitionist and didn't want slavery to exist in Texas.
31.
1861 Is important to Texas history because?
a)
Texas annexed from the US
b)
Texas Seceded from the US
c)
Texas defeated Mexico in war
d)
Mexico defeated Spain in war
32.
Why did Texas secede from the Union in 1861?
a)
Texas was an agricultural state with large, slaveholding plantations, whose owners who controlled politics and voted to join the Confederacy.
b)
Texans, like most Southerners, believed they should support the abolition of slavery and seceded to keep that right.
c)
Texans opposed tariffs on imported slaves and therefore supported secession.
d)
Governor Sam Houston encouraged Texans to vote for secession to protect slavery in the state.
33.
What do the battles of Palmito Ranch, Sabine Pass, and Galveston all have in common?
a)
All were won by the Union
b)
All lasted 3 days long
c)
All were ties
d)
All were won by the Confederacy
34.
What was the importance of the Battle of Galveston?
a)
To gain access to Texas via the Sabine River
b)
To take back the port from the blockade.
c)
To end the cotton export.
d)
To take control of Texas.
35.
What was the importance of the Battle of Sabine Pass?
a)
To gain access to Texas via the Sabine River
b)
To take back the port from the blockade.
c)
To end the cotton export.
d)
To take control of Texas.
36.
What was the importance of the Battle of Brownsville?
a)
To gain access to Texas via the Sabine River
b)
To take back the port from the blockade.
c)
To end the cotton export.
d)
To take control of Texas.
37.
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
a)
President of the Confederacy
b)
Commander of the Union Army
c)
President of the United States
d)
General of the Confederate Army
38.
Who was John Reagan?
a)
Confederate General who previously fought at San Jacinto. Died soon after fighting in the Battle of Mansfield in a drunken charge against Union Gunboats.
b)
U.S. Senator from Texas who after secession served for Jefferson Davis as Postmaster-General of the Confederate Postal Service
c)
killed at the battle of Shiloh considered one of the top early Confederate leaders in war.
d)
was a Texas Ranger who had previously fought at San Jacinto. Killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas.
39.
Who was Thomas Green?
a)
Confederate General who previously fought at San Jacinto. Died soon after fighting in the Battle of Mansfield in a drunken charge against Union Gunboats.
b)
U.S. Senator from Texas who after secession served for Jefferson Davis as Postmaster-General of the Confederate Postal Service
c)
killed at the battle of Shiloh considered one of the top early Confederate leaders in war.
d)
was a Texas Ranger who had previously fought at San Jacinto. Killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas.
40.
One of the reasons for the division of the North and South leading to the Civil War.
a)
Tariff's
b)
Industry
c)
name calling
d)
nuclear threat
41.
What is the main reason the Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought a month after the end of the war
a)
The news of the end of the war had not yet reached South Texas.
b)
The Confederate soldiers wanted to continue fighting.
c)
The Union soldiers wanted to extend the war.
d)
The soldiers were trying to end a slave rebellion
42.
The Confederate capture of Galveston was significant because it -
a)
ended the Union blockade
b)
kept an important port open
c)
led to the capture of the Rio Grande
d)
Saved the Red River valley
43.
"Secede" means....
a)
To be successful
b)
To leave
c)
To stay
44.
The theory that a state could choose whether to obey or enforce federal laws is known as______.
a)
sectionalism
b)
state’s rights
c)
abolition
d)
federalism
45.
Where was the last battle of the Civil War fought?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Sabine Pass
c)
Palmito Ranch
d)
Galveston
46.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
b)
Guaranteed African American men the right to vote
c)
Permitted Congress to levy an income tax
d)
Established the election of US senators by popular vote
47.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
Declared that all born in the United States are citizens
b)
Gave African American men the right to vote
c)
Officially ended the institution of slavery
d)
Gave women the right to vote
48.
What did the 14th Amendment accomplish?
a)
Gave newly-freed African American men the right to vote
b)
Abolished slavery once and for all as an institution
c)
Gave women the right to vote
d)
granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.
49.
Which amendment gave every legal male adult in America the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
50.
Which of the following occurred during Early statehood of TX?
a)
Industrial Growth
b)
Population Expansion
c)
Outbreak of the Civil War
d)
Preparation for WWI
51.
Who served as President of the Republic of Texas following Sam Houston’s first term?
a)
Stephen F. Austin
b)
Anson Jones
c)
Mirabeau Lamar
d)
James K. Polk
52.
A major focus of Houston’s administration during his second term for the Republic of Texas was...
a)
Writing a new constitution
b)
Planning for annexation by the US
c)
Paying debts from fighting during the revolution
d)
Resettling Texans away from Mexico
53.
The Cordova Rebellion and the Council House fight are examples of conflicts that involved...
a)
Catholic Priests
b)
Enslaved Texans
c)
Tejano Landowners
d)
American Indians
54.
A primary goal of the Santa Fe Expedition was to...
a)
Establish a Western Boundary
b)
Remove the Cherokees from Oklahoma
c)
Free Anglo Captives
d)
Rescue the TX Rangers trapped in New Mexico
55.
Whose diaries and journals have helped us learn about daily life in the TX Republic?
a)
Ms. Bouchard's
b)
Mary Maverick's
c)
Samantha Houston's
d)
William Goyen's
56.
What was the main thing Texas Rangers did?
a)
Build Irrigation
b)
Protect Texans from Native Americans
c)
Return slaves to Texas farms
d)
Guard the prison system of Texas
57.
Who was Anson Jones?
a)
A leader of troops during the Civil War
b)
A President of the US
c)
A leader during annexation
d)
A Mexican dictator
58.
After the US-Mexican war, where did the boundary between TX and Mexico get placed?
a)
Along the Neches River
b)
Next to New Mexico
c)
You mean we aren't a part of Mexico anymore?!
d)
At Rio Grande
59.
What happened to the population of Texas once it became a state?
a)
It Doubled
b)
It was cut in half
c)
It tripled
d)
Nothing changed
60.
Why is the battle of San Jacinto important to Texas History?
a)
The loss of Goliad
b)
Surrender of Santa Anna
c)
Death of William B Travis
d)
Defeat of Sam Houston's Army
61.
Who served as President of the Republic of Texas following Sam Houston’s 2nd term?
a)
Stephen F. Austin
b)
Anson Jones
c)
Mirabeau Lama
d)
James Polk
62.
What was the first battle of the Texas Revolution?
a)
Battle of Gonzales
b)
Siege of the Alamo
c)
Battle of San Jacinto
d)
Battle of Goliad
63.
Who wrote the "Victory or Death" letter?
a)
Houston
b)
Crockett
c)
Bowie
d)
Travis
64.
After what major battle were all the prisoners executed?
a)
Alamo
b)
Goliad
c)
San Jacinto
d)
Gonzales
65.
Who wrote the Texan Declaration of Independence?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
William Travis
c)
George Childress
d)
Stephen F. Austin
66.
Who was not at the Battle of the Alamo?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Davy Crockett
c)
James Bowie
d)
William Travis
67.
How much did the United States pay for the Mexican Cession?
a)
$3.7 million
b)
$6.8 million
c)
$10 million
d)
$15 million
68.
What did Texas do with the money from the Compromise of 1850?
a)
It was used to pay moned to all of the widows whose husbands were killed in the in the Texas Revolution Revolution
b)
Paid all of Texas' debt and had money left for needed programs
c)
Was put into Sam Houston's personal bank account
d)
Was used to pay Pirates to protect the Texas Coastline
69.
What ended the Mexican War?
a)
Paris peace talks
b)
Treaty of Velasco
c)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
d)
Surrender of the Texas Rangers
70.
"Popular sovereignty" is the idea that political power belongs to the people. How do most people demonstrate this political power?
a)
by voting in elections
b)
by getting jobs in local government
c)
by watching the news and staying informed
d)
by serving on juries
71.
Which of these terms means "the division of government function into three different branches to prevent any one branch from having too much power"?
a)
separation of powers
b)
constitution
c)
republicanism
d)
federalism
72.
In what year did Texans write their 7th [and current] constitution?
a)
1876
b)
1865
c)
1889
d)
1902
73.
What do the U.S. Bill of Rights and the Texas Bill of Rights have in common?
a)
both include freedom of speech, religion, and the press
b)
both were written by George C. Childress
c)
both were added nearly 20 years after the constitution was written
d)
both are a listing of rights that were passed with 100% approval
74.
The period of time following the Civil War in which the seceded states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union was called _______________ .
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Reformation
c)
Restitution
d)
Revolution
75.
What was the overall goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
a)
to give former slaves their civil rights as Americans
b)
to clearly explain the requirements for U.S. citizenship
c)
to abolish slavery in all parts of the entire world
d)
to show how slave states and non-slave states can cooperate
76.
The President is part of which branch of government?
a)
Executive
b)
Legislative
c)
Judicial
d)
Financial
77.
Which of the following is NOT a branch of government?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
d)
Financial
78.
Which branch of government creates laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Judicial
c)
Executive
d)
Legal
79.
Who is apart of the Legislative Branch of Government?
a)
The President
b)
The Supreme Court
c)
The U.S. Congress
d)
The Police
80.
What is the name of the peace agreement signed after the US-Mexican War?
a)
Mexico Cesson
b)
The Hidalgo-Guadalupe Treaty
c)
The Gadsden Purchase
d)
The Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty
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