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Worksheets7th Grade Texas History Final Exam
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 31mins
1st president of the Texas Republic was
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
William B. Travis
Elm Johnson
Mirabeau Lamar made the following except:
increased military spending
more spending on education
Native American lands
less spending on food
The capital of the Texas Republic ______________________ was moved and renamed _____________________
San Antonio; Austin
Houston; Austin
Dallas; Houston
Lamar City; Dallas
Which country threatened the U.S. with war if Texas was annexed?
Spain
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Texan Annexation was delayed because
U.S. citizens did not want Texas to become part of the U.S.
The Americans did want Texas lands
Texas would have to be split into 5 states when entering instead one one
Texans did not want to speak English and would have to be forced to
"The Father of Education" in Texas was
Anson Jones
Elmo Jones
Handsome Jones
Mirabeau Lamar
Texan president who wanted less spending, no navy, better treaties with the Native Americans, and whose slogan would have been "Peace is cheaper" is
Davy Crockett
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
Pro-war, pro-education, pro-Texas strength and whose presidential slogan could have been "Make Texas Great Again" is
William B. Travis
Sam Houston
Mirabeu Lamar
Anson Jones
At the time of Annexation, _______________ was legal in Texas
speaking English
tariffs
yaxes
slavery
Texas would have to give up its ________________ lands in order to be joined to the U.S.
Northwest
Southwest
Southeast
Southwest
Americans who favored Texas' annexation were in favor of the American expansion westward or ____________________________________
Mango Destiny
Magnolia Destiny
Mangled Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Mexico said that it would ________________ Texas if the U.S. were to Annex it
amass
invade
nurture
trade with
The last Texan president was _________________
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lammar
Elmo Jones
Anson Jones
Texas became the ____th state in December _____
27; 1830
27; 1845
28; 1945
28; 1845
Mexico would recognize Texas only id it did NOT join
Canada
California
Cuba
the U.S.
The U.S. president who favored annexation during his campaign was __________
James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
Elmo Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Sam Houston won his presidency the first time because
He wanted to annihilate the Native Americans
people didn't trust any of Houston's opponents
He was a war hero and people trusted him
He was a savage
The commander of the American forces during the Mexican-American War was _______________. The Mexican commander of the forces during the Mexican-American War was _______
Grant;Santa Ana
Polk;Santa Ana
Taylor; Santa Ana
Mandana;Santan Ana
After the Mexican-American War, the _____________ River became the border between the U.S. and Mexico
Rio Grande
Guadalupe
Nueces
Almendras
The U.S. would pay for the ____________ of Texas
tarriffs
wars
slaves
debt
__________________ was legal after Texas was annexed as a state
marriage
speaking Spanish
slavery
indentured servants
The Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty seceded some of the following future states to the United States
California, Texas, Arizona, and Alaska
Arizona, California, Utah, and Nevada
Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Montana
Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Hawai'i
At the time of the Civil War, slavery was ____________in Texas
illegal
legal
outlawed
annulled
During the Civil War, the states of the Northern U.S. were known as the "_____________________________"
L'Union
Union
Confederational
Confederation
During the Civil War, the states of the Southern U.S. were known as the "_____________________________"
L'Union
Union
Confederational
Confederation
The Mexican-American War started mainly because of ______________________________
gold disputes
church disputes
crop disputes
border disputes
After the Union won the Civil War. the period of _____________________ started in Texas and in the South, aimed at aiding the states to come back on their feet.
Antebellum
Civility
Reconstruction
Nobility
The__________ Amendment made __________________ unconstitutional
13; slavery
14; slavery
15; slavery
16; slavery
The ___ Amendment gave ALL citizens the protection of the laws in the Constitution
13
14
15
19
The _____ Amendment states that no citizen should be disallowed to vote because of their race or skin color (not gender)
13
14
15
16
In what year did Texas gain its independence from Mexico?
1834
1835
1836
1837
In what year did Texas did Texas become a state?
1843
1844
1845
1846
Which of the following men did not support the annexation of Texas to the Unites States?
William B. Travis
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
George W. Bush
Who was the U.S. president under who slavery was abolished and who was assassinated after the Civil War?
James K. polk
Zachary Taylor
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Buffalo soldiers were soldiers who were of which descent?
African-American
Chinese
Mexican
Native American
Which port did the Union tried to block in Texas in order to cut off supplies to the Confederacy?
Houston
Padre Island
Galveston
Corpus Christi
What was the system of farming in which a family (usually former slaves) would have to borrow money and buy other goods on credit from a landowner for exchange of about half or more of their crops?
land owners
land borrowers
tenant farmes
sharecroppers
Which industry took over Texas right after the Civil War?
Cattle
Horses
Cotton
Oil
The biggest cattle ranch owner was Richard ____________; whose ranch was called _________ Ranch. He owned more than 1 Million Acres of land in Texas at one point.
Glidden; Glidden
Santa Ana; Santana
Queen; Queen
King; King
What was the purpose of the cattle drive?
to get the cattle to lose weight
to breed the cattle with other herds
to get the cattle to markets in the north
to move the cattle to new ranches in the north
Cattle roamed free in Texan ranches until the invention of what?
cotton
barbed wire
train
the lasso
What was 'put on' the cattle as a way to mark them as part of a ranch?
brand
sticker
rope
a cow onesy
Who was a pioneering Texan who was half Native American and half Irish who had the most profitable trail at one point in Texas?
Richard King
J.F. Glidden
Richard Piney
Jesse Chisolm
After cattle, which animals were most popular due to their transportation benefits?
Horses
Rabbits
Sheep
buffaloes
Which animals were raised whose wool could replace the shortage of cotton?
Horses
Rabbits
Sheep
buffaloes
All of the following are reasons for the decline of the cattle industry except for:
Cattle prices fell
Ranchers forced to sell herds at low prices went bankrupt
Few cattle ranches survived
Buffaloes eventually took over the land
The first attempt at getting the Native Americans off the lands of West Texas and into reservations was known as the
Treaty of the Comanches
Treaty of Council House Fight
Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek
Treaty of Versailles
Which Kiowa chief resisted the Texan/American troops?
Setanta
Santa Ana
Quanah Parker
Cynthia Ann Parker
Who was the Comanche chief whose mother was white and who also resisted the move of his people to the reservations?
Setanta
Quanah Parker
Geronimo
Chief Little Foot
Which crop was known as 'white gold'?
pecans
citrus fruit
oil
cotton
Which series of events best explains the rise and fall of cotton production in Texas between 1849 and 1879?
Rise of the Cattle Industry, Civil War, New railroad lines
New railroad lines, Closing of the open range, Civil War
Closing of the open range, New railroad lines, Civil War
Closing of the open range, Civil War, New railroad lines
Texas saw a boom in both the ranching and farming industries after the Civil War. Which of the following inventions led to increased fighting between ranchers and farmers?
Windmills for water wells
Railroads for transportation
Barbed wire for fencing
New cattle breeds
Which method of transportation revolutionized Texas and the Southwest?
the horse
the steamship
the wagon
the steam-powered train
Which of the following was NOT an immigrant group that came to Texas in the mid 1850's?
The Czeck
The French
The Irish
The Native Americans
Trains powered by steam engines could only travel ____ miles because they had to stop to fill up on water.
20
30
40
50
The movement of people from the country to the city is known as
modernization
urbanization
countrynation
gentrification
How did urbanization of Texas impact the jobs available in Texas?
It led to the rise of the cattle and farming industry in Texas.
It led to the growth of different industries such as: Auto, Railroad, and oil-related jobs.
It led to more immigrants coming to Texas.
It did not impact jobs available in Texas.
Some of the positive Effects of the growth of railroads were, except for:
It provided efficient, cheap, and reliable transportation
Increased trade to northern markets
Railroads assisted in population growth and the expansion of the agricultural industry.
People able to travel freely and quickly throughout Texas.
Made it easier for Native Americans to travel
During World War I, Germany wanted Mexico to be involved in WWI by sending the ____________________ telegraph. Germany promised Mexico to regain the lands it lost through the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty
Zimmerman
Copperman
Elmoman
Olderman
What were some effects of World War I on Texas?
Women entered the workforce
Europeans became more accepting of African-Americans
200,000 Texan troops fought
Medical and dental care was provided for veterans
All of the above
What Texan city did a Category 5 hit in 1900?
Houston
Dallas
Bandera
Galveston
Which of the following strategies did the US Army use to remove the Plains Indians from their lands?
They killed off the buffalo
They purposely set fires to burn the plains lands
They offered the Indians lands in California and Oregon
They put fences around Texas to keep the Indians off the lands
In spite of the 15th Amendment, many southern passed laws/policies to prevent African Americans from –
Moving around the country
Learning to read and write
Exercising their rights to vote
Becoming US citizens
What did women want the most after World War I?
The right to vote (suffrage)
The right to become citizens
The right to pay taxess
The right to become sharecroppers
Black Tuesday or October 29th, 1929 marks the start of what?
The Great Rise
The Great Depression
The Great Regression
The Great Succession
Beaumont, Texas is known as a '_________________________' due to the amount of people who came in looking for oil to Texas
bustown
loontown
misstown
boomtown
Due to the boom of oil, there was a boom of ____________
horses
plastic
lumber
asphalt
A '______________' follows a '________________'
bust;boom
boom;bust
must;bust
must;bust
All of these are causes of the Great Depression except for:
unemployment
loss of money invested in the Stock Market
loss of housing
all of these are causes of the Great Depression
The president that was elected during the Great Depression was
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Roosevelt
Agencies such as the NRA and Job Corps, and Social Security were government agencies created during the
Great Depression
New Deal
Old Deal
Dust Bowl
Over 1/3 farmers in Texas had to abandon their farms due to over farming which caused____________ of their farm land soil
erosion
exposure
pasture
growth
The series of dust storms which swept through the Great Plains of Texas and much of the Midwest is known as the
Great Depression
New Deal
Hooverville
Dust Bowl
The New Deal programs during the Great Depression were aimed at resolving the high ____________ in the country
soil erosion
depression
unemployment
disemployment
World War II started in 1939 but the U.S. entered in 1941 due to the _________________ attack on Pearl Harbor
Chinese
German
Canadian
Japanese
The production of goods, helped to get the U.S. out of the _______________ _______________________ by the early 1940's
New Deal
Low Depression
High Depression
Great Depression
Texan navy hero who was awarded the Navy Cross for his bravery during WW II was
Dwight E. Eisenhower
Dorie Miller
Audie murphy
Chester Nimitz
The most decorated Texan and American to fight in the World War II
Dwight E. Eisenhower
Dorie Miller
Audie murphy
Chester Nimitz
Admiral of the Navy and Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Won the crucial WWII battle of Coral Sea and Midway
Dwight E. Eisenhower
Dorie Miller
Audie murphy
Chester Nimitz
Supreme Allied Commander of the forces during WW II in Europe. 34th president of the United States under whom the present highway system in the U.S. was built. From Denton, Texas.
Dwight E. Eisenhower
Dorie Miller
Audie murphy
Chester Nimitz
