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WorksheetsHIST7 Spring Exam Review
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
System of shared and separate powers between the federal and state governments
a)
Limited Power of Government
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Federalism
d)
Individual Rights
2.
This type of diagram best represents which form of government?
a)
Limited Power of Government
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Federalism
d)
Individual Rights
3.
A veto is an example of:
a)
Separation of Power
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Federalism
d)
Individual Rights
4.
Each branch of government has power over the other branches to ensure no single branch has too much power
a)
Separation of Power
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Federalism
d)
Individual Rights
5.
Which of the following is NOT a commonality between the U.S. Constitution and the TX Constitution?
a)
3 branches
b)
Checks and balances
c)
President
d)
Bicameral legislature (two houses)
6.
The branch of the government that makes laws
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
7.
The branch of the government that carries out laws and runs the business of the government
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
8.
The branch of the government that decides if laws are fair and tries civil and criminal cases
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
9.
The branch of the government composed of elected and appointed officials such as the president, secretary of state, etc.
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
10.
The branch of the government composed senators and representatives
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
11.
The branch of the government composed of courts and judges
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
12.
The government is split into three branches. This is an examples of:
a)
Limited Power of Government
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Amendments
d)
Separation of Power
13.
A first person account (ex. diary, letter, photo)
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
14.
A second hand account (ex. textbook, encyclopedia)
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
15.
Which came first?
a)
The South seceded
b)
Slavery was ended
16.
Which came first?
a)
The South surrendered
b)
Lincoln was elected president
17.
Which came first?
a)
Lincoln is elected President
b)
War is declared
18.
Cause of the Civil War: Some states believed they could choose which laws to follow.
a)
Sectionalism
b)
States' Rights
c)
Slavery
d)
Lincoln's Election
19.
Abolished slavery
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
20.
Gave citizenship and equal protection of the law to African Americans
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
21.
Gave African American men the right to vote
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
22.
Plains Indian chief of the Comanches who fought to stay on Texas land.
a)
Quanah Parker
b)
Cynthia Parker
c)
Ranald Mackenzie
d)
Sam Houston
23.
Members of the 9th and 10th Cavalry; all black regiments; after the Civil War, protected the frontier for Anglo settlement
a)
Plains Indians
b)
Terry's Texas Rangers
c)
Buffalo Soldiers
d)
Hood's Texas Brigade
24.
U.S. Army Colonel who led an aggressive campaign against the Plains Indians.
a)
Quanah Parker
b)
Cynthia Parker
c)
Ranald Mackenzie
d)
Sam Houston
25.
Killing of the buffalo and scorched earth policy are:
a)
Reasons American Indians were defeated
b)
Effects of cattle drives
c)
Results of Reconstruction
d)
Causes of the Civil War
26.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the expansion of cattle drives?
a)
High demand in the North
b)
High cattle supply in the South
c)
The Mexican American War
d)
Railroads
27.
Increasing the variety of products and industries in order to protect against boom/bust economic cycles
a)
Urbanization
b)
Diversification
c)
Agriculture
d)
Telecommunications
28.
The location in East Texas where the first big oil discovery was made in 1901.
a)
Houston
b)
Spindletop
c)
Oil town
d)
Horizon
29.
An economy with a cycle of intense highs and lows
a)
Boom/bust
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Profit
d)
Capital
30.
Which of the following is NOT a historic Texas industry?
a)
Cattle
b)
Agriculture
c)
Banking
d)
Oil
31.
Products made from petroleum or natural gas
a)
Oil refinery
b)
Telecommunications
c)
Agriculture
d)
Petrochemicals
32.
The phenomenon of people moving from rural areas into cities
a)
Urbanization
b)
Boomtown
c)
Exponential growth
d)
Diversification
33.
Which of the following countries is NOT in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
a)
Canada
b)
Mexico
c)
The United Kingdom
d)
The United States
34.
Became president after an assassination, signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
c)
Michael DeBakey
d)
Barbara Jordan
35.
First female African American in the TX Senate, first black female from the south in U.S. House of Representatives
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
c)
Michael DeBakey
d)
Barbara Jordan
36.
First Mexican American in U.S. Congress from Texas
a)
Henry B. Gonzales
b)
Hector P. Garcia
c)
Michael DeBakey
d)
Isaac Cline
37.
Texas cardiologist known for heart transplants
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Hector P. Garcia
c)
Michael DeBakey
d)
Barbara Jordan
38.
This agency supervises public education in Texas:
a)
Texas Education Agency
b)
Teach for America
c)
Texas Bureau of Schools
d)
Department of Texas Learning
39.
Which group was afraid to annex Texas because they did not want another slave state added to the U.S.?
a)
Americans in the North
b)
Americans in the South
c)
Mexicans
d)
Texans
40.
This President of Texas had peaceful policies with American Indians
a)
Mirabeau Lamar
b)
Sam Houston
41.
This President of Texas is known as the "Father of Public Education in Texas"
a)
Mirabeau Lamar
b)
Sam Houston
42.
1845 is the year when Texas:
a)
Was annexed into the U.S.
b)
Joined Mexico
c)
Signed its Reconstruction Constitution
d)
Entered the Civil War
43.
Manifest Destiny was achieved by:
a)
The Civil War
b)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
The Alamo
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
44.
Which of the following is NOT a similarity between the U.S. and Texas Constitutions?
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Limited power of government
c)
Bicameral legislature
d)
Governor
45.
In the 1800s, economic opportunity and cheap land were reasons for:
a)
Immigrating to Texas
b)
Joining the Mexican Revolution
c)
Slavery
d)
Limited Government
46.
In the 1800s, settlement in Texas was characterized by:
a)
Immigration from Mexico only
b)
Immigrants from various places
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
Annexation
47.
Juneteenth is a celebration of:
a)
The Texas Revolution
b)
Annexation
c)
The beginning of slavery in Texas
d)
The end of slavery in Texas
48.
A biography is an example of a:
a)
Primary source
b)
Secondary source
49.
An autobiography is an example of a:
a)
Primary source
b)
Secondary source
50.
The U.S.-Mexican War happened because of:
a)
The Frontier Wars
b)
Texas Annexation
c)
The Civil War
d)
Cattle Drives
51.
Lightning, rattlesnakes, hail, drought, heat, and bad pay were all:
a)
Consequences of the Spanish American War
b)
Results of Reconstruction
c)
Common in the North
d)
Hazards of cattle drives
52.
Why did railroad companies choose to build in Texas?
a)
The Homestead Act
b)
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
c)
Cattle drives were declining
d)
The government gave them free land (land grants)
53.
Match the fact to the disaster: the city created the Commission form of government
a)
Galveston Hurricane
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Texas City Disaster
54.
Match the fact to the disaster: residents built a sea wall afterwards
a)
Galveston Hurricane
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Texas City Disaster
55.
Match the fact to the disaster: was caused by drought and poor farming practices
a)
Galveston Hurricane
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Texas City Disaster
56.
Match the fact to the disaster: new farming techniques like crop rotation, terracing, and water conservation afterwards
a)
Galveston Hurricane
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Texas City Disaster
57.
Galveston weatherman during the Hurricane of 1900
a)
Henry B. Gonzales
b)
Hector P. Garcia
c)
Michael DeBakey
d)
Isaac Cline
58.
Match the fact to the disaster: over 500 died due to a chain reaction of explosions
a)
Galveston Hurricane
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Texas City Disaster
59.
Match the fact to the disaster: caused dust pneumonia
a)
Galveston Hurricane
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Texas City Disaster
60.
In modern Texas, tourism:
a)
Is an important industry
b)
Doesn't matter
61.
Mechanization of farming caused:
a)
Rural population growth
b)
Fewer rural jobs
c)
More farmers
d)
Smaller cities
62.
Which of the following is NOT one of the factors of production?
a)
Natural Resources
b)
Profit
c)
Human Resources
d)
Captial
63.
Agriculture refers to:
a)
Oil based products
b)
Crops and livestock
c)
Urbanization
d)
Shipping
64.
Before George W. Bush became the American President, he served as:
a)
Texas Governor
b)
Secretary of State
c)
Vice President
d)
Texas Attorney General
65.
Sales taxes collected by state and local governments are for:
a)
paying off foreign debt
b)
paying U.S. congressmen
c)
electing public officials
d)
providing services to citizens
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