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WorksheetsTexas CDB #2 Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 29mins
The state of Texas has the right as a state to set up it's own government but that government must also follow the laws of the United States government. The principle of government that encourages a balance of power between national and state government is...
republicanism
separation of powers
checks and balances
federalism
Texas and United States government are similar in that they both have 3 branches of government: The Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial Branch of Government. What principle of government is this?
Separation of Powers
Republicanism
Individual Rights
Federalism
Which principle of government that allows the people to vote for elected representatives in the legislative branch.
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Republicanism
Individual Rights
Which Texas president wanted to remove the Native American tribes from Texas, and wanted to keep Texas independent instead of being annexed into the United States?
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
Stephen F. Austin
Why was the United States hesitant to annex Texas as a state?
Texas was a slave state
Texas was not independent and had no written constitution
Texas many with Native American conflicts
United States did not recognize Texas as independent from Mexico
Many hill country towns were founded by German immigrants. Out of all the places in the world, what attracted them to move to and settle in Texas?
the supply of high-paying skilled jobs.
the promise of cheap farm land
the religious persecution in their home country
they came to work on the railroad
Texas and the United States claimed this river as the border between the United States and Mexico _________.
Nueces River
Rio Grande River
Red River
Trinity River
What goes in the blank space?
1835 - Texas Revolution
1836 - Republic of Texas
1845 - _____________________
1861 - The start of the Civil War
US Civil War
Annexation of Texas
Mexican Revolution
US Mexican War
Which terms complete the diagrams causes (left) and effects (right)?
Cause: Migration of Americans to Texas
Effect: Immigration of Europeans to the Hill Country
Cause: Financial Debt of the Republic of Texas
Effect: Annexation of Texas
Cause: Disputed Border Between Texas and Mexico
Effect: Rio Grande Becomes Official Border
Cause: Disputed Border Between Texas and Mexico
Effect: Bloodshed at Brownsville
Which area on the map shows the land called the Mexican Cession which was given to the U.S. after the US-Mexican War?
3
5
7
8
What was an effect of the Mexican Cession?
It led to more disputes about slavery
It led to conflict over the buffalo
The treaty of Velasco was signed
It ended all conflicts with the British
What happened to Texas in 1861?
Texas seceded and joined the Confederacy during the Civil War
Texas wanted to become its own country again
Texas was annexed as a state in the United States
Texas gained its independence from Mexico
sectionalism, states' rights, tariffs, and slavery were all causes of which war?
The U.S.-Mexican War 1846-1848
The Civil War 1861-1865
The Texas Revolution 1835-1836
The Red River War 1874
How did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments protect the rights of African Americans?
Northern states had to follow these three amendments otherwise they could be arrested.
Southern states had to follow these three amendments or otherwise they could be arrested.
The Constitution now gave white Americans new rights.
The Constitution now stated that African Americans had to be offered the same opportunities as whites.
Which one of these did Southerners NOT use as an attempt to stop African-Americans from voting?
Literacy tests
Poll Taxes
US Citizenship checks
Grandfather clause
What do you notice about cotton production from 1850 to 1880?
Cotton production declined after the Civil War
Cotton production increased after the Civil War
Cotton production was replaced with the cattle drives
sharecropping became illegal during reconstruction
The following were a part of the history of which region of Texas?
Buffalo Soldiers
Relocation of the plains Indians
Quanah Parker
Cattle Drives
Barbed wire fences
Railroads coming to Texas
Central Texas
Coastal Plains
South Texas
West Texas
The cattle drives started when Texans need to take their cattle to cities with railroads. This proved to many Texans the need to have railroads built in and through Texas cities. All of the following are reasons why building railroads would be important, EXCEPT...
connecting Texas cities to other cities in the United States
Easier way to trade goods
Faster mode of transportation
it would increase the Texas cattle drives
What is urbanization?
the increase of people working and living in a single area; becoming a city
the increase of people working and living in the country far from others; farm life
the increase ban on large cars in small areas
the decrease of a population from a single area
What is industrialization?
the building of factories next to large plantations
the development of sharecropping on a large plantation
the development of less agriculture and more manufacturing industries in an area
the development of cattle ranching where railroads stop at the ranch
What was the purpose of the cattle drive?
to move the diseased cows out of Texas
to move cows north to railroad connections, and then to markets for profit
to move the cows onto reservations for the Indians to hunt
NONE of these are correct
How did the expanding railroads in Texas help the Texas economy?
they allowed farmers and ranchers to move their goods to market quickly
they brought goods and people to Texas from Europe
they were only for the elite citizens since tickets were expensive
They were used to transport students to their magical private school
Who brought the first cattle to Texas?
Mexican friars
Anglo settlers
French traders
Spanish explorers
What problem did the invention of barbed wire create?
fence-cutting wars between ranchers and farmers, requiring the Texas Rangers help
disagreements over the best use of the wire [either a weapon or a type of clothing]
the wire attracted lightning strikes, which happened often in West Texas
NONE of these answers are correct
Which invention had the GREATEST impact on settlers in West Texas?
Steal Plow
Barbed Wire
Lightbulb
Revolver
Which Amendment said that anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Which amendment expanded suffrage to black men?
Amendment 26
Amendment 15
Amendment 14
Amendment 13
Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction?
The southern economy was stabilized because of trade relationships with Great Britain and France.
The southern economy was still based on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor
The southern economy was transformed from being based on agriculture to being completely dependent on industry and manufacturing.
The southern economy was completely restored by 1866 and was actually more productive and profitable than the pre- Civil War economy.
Why is Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar known as the "Father of Texas Education?"
He set aside land for public schools
He wrote the first standards from public education
He purchased the first set of textbooks for public education.
He created a college that trained teachers for public schools.
What differences did Mirabeau B. Lamar and Sam Houston have?
Lamar didn't want to tax the people
Lamar wanted Texas to stay independent
Houston wasn't worried about the debt.
Houston did not want to become part of the United States
