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4th Review Unit 8: Texas During the CW and Reconstruction

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A business sells a new product. There is no competition. Many people want the product. What is the likely effect on the price of the product?

a)

The price will go up.

b)

The price will go down.

c)

The price will stay the same.

d)

The price will go down quickly and go up slowly.

2.

Which celebration recognizes the date when slavery ended in Texas?

a)

Freedmen's Day

b)

Freedmen's Day

c)

Juneteenth

d)

Emancipation Day

3.

What did the Reconstruction era do?

a)

Rebuild the South and the United States after the Civil War

b)

Tearing down the South and the United States after the Civil War

c)

Rebuilding the North after the Civil War

d)

Tearing down the North after the Civil War

4.

The most important way that a government can contribute to free enterprise is by...

a)

telling its citizens the best products to buy.

b)

controlling how much money businesses can make off their products.

c)

providing free transportation, health care, and education for its citizens.

d)

giving its citizens freedom to pursue their business goals.

5.

The map shows the counties of Texas and whether they voted for secession from the Union in 1861.


People in what areas of Texas were most likely to vote against secession from the Union in 1861?

a)

North and southwest Texas

b)

Central and southwest Texas

c)

North and southeast Texas

d)

Central and northeast Texas

6.

One political impact of the Civil War on Texas was...

a)

falling prices for cattle

b)

creation of a new state constitution

c)

more wheat and corn grown for market

d)

declining numbers of immigrant families

7.

Which economic activity had the most growth as more immigrants came to Texas during the 1800s?

a)

Farming

b)

Banking

c)

Oil drilling

d)

Railroad building

8.

Texans can become cattle ranchers because the economic system of Texas allows for...

a)

businesses to use state railroads to deliver goods to market

b)

consumers to require businesses to produce needed products

c)

individuals to have the free choice of creating their own businesses

d)

producers to get a reward for meeting government quotas for production

9.

What does secede mean?

a)

To be successful

b)

To add a territory to a country

c)

To formally leave a country

d)

To go swimming

10.

Many immigrants to Texas during the mid-1800s often found work in...

a)

coal and gold mines

b)

oil and gas production fields

c)

similar jobs done previously in their home countries

d)

cities that had neighborhoods of immigrants from the same country

11.

Some laws were passed to limit the activities of newly freed African Americans. These laws were called...

a)

Black Codes

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Freedman’s Bureau

d)

Community Curfews

12.

After the Civil War, the economy of Texas grew. Farming and ranching expanded. Cities grew. Some people started their own business. Inventors built and sold new products. This activity is best described as...

a)

scarcity

b)

communism

c)

free enterprise

d)

supply and demand