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WorksheetsEOY TEXAS HISTORY
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
How do historians determine when to begin and end an era?
a)
Historians look in the textbook for the right answer.
b)
An era is every 100 years.
c)
No one really knows when an era begins or ends.
d)
By looking at significant events and deciding when ones change the course of history.
2.
Which of the following statements best explains the importance of freedom of speech and press?
a)
Freedom of speech and the press is a responsibility that every citizen must participate in if our nation is to remain true to the principles of democracy.
b)
Freedom of speech and press is important in a democratic society because it impedes the spread of revolutionary ideas and views.
c)
Freedom of speech and the press is a civic liberty that enables citizens to say whatever they want without consequences.
d)
Freedom of speech and press is important because it provides a marketplace for ideas and allows for the discovery and spread of political views.
3.
Which Principle of Government is being expressed?
a)
Separation of Power
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Federalism
d)
Individual Rights
4.
Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?
a)
All of these answers are correct
b)
The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
c)
America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
d)
The U.S. recently annexed Texas
5.
What were the effects of the US-Mexican War?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Free State (North) vs. Slave State (South)
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
All of the above
6.
Which of the following ended the US-Mexican War and forced Mexico to turn over much of its north territory to the United States?
a)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
Gadsden Purchase
c)
New Mexico and Arizona Purchase
d)
Guadalupe Purchase
7.
The United States thought the border between the United States and Mexico was the _________
a)
Nueces River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Red River
d)
Trinity River
8.
Which area on this map was gained by the U.S. as a direct result of the Mexican-American War?
a)
green
b)
blue
c)
red
d)
yellow
9.
The large area of land that Mexico gave up to the U.S. after losing the war was known as the Mexican ___________ .
a)
Cession
b)
Transfer
c)
Treaty
d)
Compromise
10.
The following graphic organizer describes what?
a)
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
b)
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
c)
The Compromise of 1850
d)
The Treaty of Velasco
11.
All of these are true about the Treaty of Guadalupe EXCEPT --
a)
America had to pay 15 million dollars to Mexico.
b)
All Mexicans living in the Mexican Cession could either stay and become US citizens or go to Mexico.
c)
America had pay Mexico 40 million to Mexico.
d)
Mexico had give up all claim to Texas.
12.
the power to interpret laws
a)
judicial power
b)
majority rule
c)
legislative power
d)
presidential government
13.
"We the people..."
a)
Republicanism
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Federalism
d)
Separation of powers
14.
No official government is above the law -
a)
Checks and balances
b)
Federalism
c)
Limited Government
d)
Separation of Powers
15.
Federal courts have the power to nullify unconstitutional acts -
a)
Judicial Review
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Checks and balances
d)
Republicanism
16.
Divides power between central and local governments -
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Judicial Review
c)
Limited Government
d)
Federalism
17.
The power to establish law -
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
d)
None of the above
18.
Which branch of government makes the laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
d)
None of the above
19.
Which branch of government enforces laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
d)
None of the above
20.
Which principle of government does this picture represent?
a)
checks and balances
b)
separation of powers
c)
republicanism
d)
federalism
21.
Which principle of government does this picture represent?
a)
republicanism
b)
individual rights
c)
federalism
d)
checks and balances
22.
Which principle of government does this picture represent?
a)
separation of powers
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
checks and balances
d)
limited government
23.
Which principle of government does this picture represent?
a)
checks and balances
b)
limited government
c)
federalism
d)
popular sovereignity
24.
Which principle of government does this picture represent?
a)
federalism
b)
separation of powers
c)
checks and balances
d)
republicanism
25.
The Preamble of the Constitution starts with "We the People," which means that the people give government the power.
This is an example of which principle of government?
This is an example of which principle of government?
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Federalism
c)
Limited Government
d)
Separation of Powers
26.
What is the Supreme Law of the land?
a)
The Articles of Confederation
b)
The Supreme Court
c)
The Constitution
d)
The Bill of Rights
27.
the government only has the powers the Constitution provides -
a)
representative democracy
b)
limited government
c)
checks and balances
d)
individual rights
28.
the Bill of Rights contains the principle of -
a)
federalism
b)
individual rights
c)
republicanism
d)
checks and balances
29.
This period of time represents when Native Americans in the Americas came in contact with European explorers, traders, and settlers.
a)
Early Statehood
b)
Civil War and Reconstruction
c)
Mexican National Era
d)
Age of Contact
30.
Which of the following definitions below correctly describes the principle of Checks and Balances?
a)
Each of the three branches of government has certain controls over the other two.
b)
The power of Texas government is limited by the Texas Constitution, the U.S. Constitution, laws made by the U.S. Congress in pursuance of the U.S. Constitution, and by treaties made by the U.S. with other nations of the world.
c)
Personal freedoms, personal protections, and equality under the law are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Bill of Rights, laws of the U.S., the Texas Constitution, and the Texas Bill of Rights.
d)
Period of time represents when Native Americans in the Americas came in contact with European explorers, traders, and settlers.
31.
Personal freedoms, personal protections, and equality under the law are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Bill of Rights, laws of the U.S., the Texas Constitution, and the Texas Bill of Rights are which principle of government?
a)
Federalism
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Individual Rights
d)
Checks and Balances
32.
As compared to the Coastal Plains region, the Great Plains region —
a)
has the greater population of people
b)
receives more rainfall
c)
is less populated with people
d)
has developed a strong shipping and trading industry
33.
This excerpt provides one example of which human environment interaction?
a)
Adaptation
b)
Movement
c)
Modification
d)
Region
34.
The excerpt above is an example of a —
a)
primary source
b)
secondary source
c)
true source
d)
main source
35.
Which of the following social studies perspectives does this excerpt best describe?
a)
Political
b)
Economic
c)
Geographic
d)
Social
36.
Which of the following best describes why the Coastal Plains region has a higher population than the Mountains and Basins region?
a)
Early settlers used the Rio Grande as a natural transportation system.
b)
Dry climate and desert terrain limits the availability of natural resources in the Mountains and Basins region.
c)
A national park on the Gulf Coast attracts millions of tourist every year.
d)
Immigrants who arrive on the coast do not have the money to move inland.
37.
Which of the following explorers correctly matches with the role he played during the Age of Contact?
a)
Francisco Coronado - Built Fort St. Louis in Texas
b)
Robert LaSalle - Searched for Cities of Gold in Texas
c)
Cabeza de Vaca - Claimed Mississippi River for France
d)
Alonzo de Pineda - In 1519 created the first Map of Texas
38.
Which of the following statements best compares the cultures listed above?
a)
Puebloan and Southeastern cultures often lived in permanent homes because they grew crops.
b)
Plains and West Gulf cultures had limited access to wildlife as a food source.
c)
Plains cultures were more likely to fish than Western Gulf Cultures.
d)
Puebloan cultures lived in tipis and were nomadic, but Southeastern cultures lived in adobe huts.
39.
The images above are an example of how —
a)
the French have influenced the culture of Texas
b)
the French and Spanish influenced Texas
c)
the Spanish influence on the culture of Texas
d)
no cultural groups have ever influenced Texas
40.
The Plains and Gulf cultural groups are similar in that they both are —
a)
nomadic hunter-gathers
b)
sedentary farmers
c)
buffalo hunters
d)
fishers and farmers
41.
The issues described led to which of the following event?
a)
The Annexation of Texas
b)
The Colonization of Texas
c)
The Mexican War for Independence
d)
The Texas Revolution
42.
Which major event in Texas history does the excerpt best explain?
a)
Fall of the Alamo
b)
The Goliad Massacre
c)
Battle of Gonzalez
d)
Battle of San Jacinto
43.
Which of the following levels of government best describe the structure of government above?
a)
National government
b)
State government
c)
Municipal government
d)
Federal government
44.
Which event would best complete this diagram?
a)
Civil War
b)
Texas Revolution
c)
Battle of San Jacinto
d)
US-Mexican War
45.
Which speaker best represents the idea of states’ rights?
a)
Speaker A
b)
Speaker B
c)
Speaker C
d)
Speaker D
46.
Which of these best completes the diagram above?
a)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
U.S. – Mexican War
c)
The Compromise of 1850
d)
Manifest Destiny
47.
Which of the following best completes the excerpt above?
a)
Sales taxes
b)
Property taxes
c)
Income taxes
d)
Franchise taxes
48.
Based on the excerpt, which of the following was a significant factor in determining the outcome of the Battle of San Jacinto?
a)
The superior military leaders the Texas army had.
b)
The physical factors of the battle site.
c)
The number of men the Mexican army had as compared to the Texas army.
d)
The available resources the Texas army had at their disposal.
49.
How does this image reflect one of the causes of the Civil War?
a)
B. Southerners favored tariffs while the Northerners opposed them
b)
A. Southerners opposed tariffs while the Northerners favored them
c)
C. Both Northerners and Southerners opposed tariffs
d)
D. Both Northerners and Southerners favored tariffs
50.
The chart details various Civil Rights Organizations. Which answer describes the common goal for all of these groups?
a)
Woman's Suffrage
b)
Equal Protection and Rights Under The Law
c)
Populism
d)
Temperance
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