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Second Semester Final Exam Review (1)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Out of the three causes of the Civil War, which one is associated with showing loyalty to a certain region or section rather than the whole country?

a)

States' Rights

b)

Secede

c)

Sharecropper

d)

Sectionalism

2.

Which of these gives the best summary for the era known as "Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads" (1860-1900)?

a)

Conflicts with Native Americans, Population Increases, and Cattle Drives.

b)

Fighting with Mexico for Independence.

c)

Spanish and French explorers searching in the "New World".

d)

The North and South fighting over the issue of slavery.

3.

Using your OPTIC skills, analyze the images and conclude which concept is being shown:

a)

Urbanization

b)

Ruralization

c)

Pastoralization

d)

Manifest Destiny

4.

Which TWO [2] events directly led to the U.S. entering and fighting in World War I? YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS

a)

the sinking of the Lusitania

b)

the Zimmerman Note

c)

the German attack on Washington D.C.

d)

the assassination of the U.S. President

e)

the stock market crash

5.

Where in Texas did a massive oil discovery occur in 1901? [Hint: Use your TODALS skill and analyze the map provided.]

a)

Spindletop Field

b)

Big Lake

c)

Somerset

d)

Corsicana

6.

What "nickname" was given to the day that the stock market collapsed and the Great Depression began? [hint: it happened on October 29, 1929]

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Gray Wednesday

c)

Blue Monday

d)

Red Friday

7.

Which of these states was damaged by dust storms in the 1930s? YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE CORRECT ANSWERS

a)

Texas

b)

New Mexico

c)

Colorado

d)

Florida

e)

Alaska

8.

What change happened in Texas as a result of the “Tidelands Controversy”?

a)

Texans started voting for Republicans instead of Democrats

b)

The new cities of Fort Worth and Amarillo were established

c)

The Environmental Protection Agency was created

d)

A new species of fish was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico

9.

Which era is missing from this chronological list?


Civil War and Reconstruction

____________???______________

Great Depression and WWII

Civil Rights and Conservatism

a)

Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads

b)

Natural Texas and Its People

c)

Age of Contact

d)

Republic of Texas

10.

What was decided in the Supreme Court case called Brown v. Board of Education?

a)

that segregation of schools was unconstitutional

b)

that school would be required for all children under 18

c)

that school athletes would have to pass their classes to participate

d)

that money for school funding would be based on attendance records

11.
What term refers to "the sharing of power between the states and the national government"?
a)
federalism
b)
separation of powers
c)
republic
d)
checks and balances
12.

Who signs a bill to make it a law in the state of Texas?

a)

The Senate

b)

The House of Representatives

c)

The Governor

d)

The Assembly Committe

13.

What were the "Black Codes"?

a)

Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War.

b)

Laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans.

c)

Another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.

d)

Secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan.

14.

The Freedman's Bureau was created in order to:

a)

Settle new immigrants to the South after the Civil War.

b)

Restrict the movement and freedom of newly freed slaves in the South.

c)

Force the South to rejoin the Union after the end of the Civil War.

d)

Educate, help, and provide food/shelter to newly freed slaves in the South.

15.

1) Former Texas governor [first native-born governor of Texas].


2) Set up the Texas Railroad Commission.


3) Protected citizens from unfair business practices and monopolies.


Who is described above?

a)

Quanah Parker

b)

James Hogg

c)

Bose Ikard

d)

Charles Goodnight

16.

What were "Hoovervilles"? [hint: they were named after President Herbert Hoover]

a)

camps of homeless people that appeared in major cities across the U.S.

b)

areas of the country that were NOT affected by the Great Depression

c)

towns filled with workers who would get paid to help build National Parks

d)

training grounds for soldiers who were getting ready to fight in World War II

17.

What major change did the American Indians experience which allowed for the growth of railroads and furthered expansion into West Texas?

[Hint: Look at the image provided.]

a)

American Indians had to move with the railroads to find work.

b)

Tribes switched to farming and ranching after the Buffalo herds moved away.

c)

Native Americans were forced to relocate to reservations in Oklahoma.

d)

Tribes would sell their land for a great profit to railroad companies.