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WorksheetsSecond Semester Final Exam Review (1)
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
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?
States' Rights
Secede
Sharecropper
Sectionalism
Which of these gives the best summary for the era known as "Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads" (1860-1900)?
Conflicts with Native Americans, Population Increases, and Cattle Drives.
Fighting with Mexico for Independence.
Spanish and French explorers searching in the "New World".
The North and South fighting over the issue of slavery.
Using your OPTIC skills, analyze the images and conclude which concept is being shown:
Urbanization
Ruralization
Pastoralization
Manifest Destiny
Which TWO [2] events directly led to the U.S. entering and fighting in World War I? YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS
the sinking of the Lusitania
the Zimmerman Note
the German attack on Washington D.C.
the assassination of the U.S. President
the stock market crash
Where in Texas did a massive oil discovery occur in 1901? [Hint: Use your TODALS skill and analyze the map provided.]
Spindletop Field
Big Lake
Somerset
Corsicana
What "nickname" was given to the day that the stock market collapsed and the Great Depression began? [hint: it happened on October 29, 1929]
Black Tuesday
Gray Wednesday
Blue Monday
Red Friday
Which of these states was damaged by dust storms in the 1930s? YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE CORRECT ANSWERS
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Florida
Alaska
What change happened in Texas as a result of the “Tidelands Controversy”?
Texans started voting for Republicans instead of Democrats
The new cities of Fort Worth and Amarillo were established
The Environmental Protection Agency was created
A new species of fish was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
Which era is missing from this chronological list?
Civil War and Reconstruction
____________???______________
Great Depression and WWII
Civil Rights and Conservatism
Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads
Natural Texas and Its People
Age of Contact
Republic of Texas
What was decided in the Supreme Court case called Brown v. Board of Education?
that segregation of schools was unconstitutional
that school would be required for all children under 18
that school athletes would have to pass their classes to participate
that money for school funding would be based on attendance records
Who signs a bill to make it a law in the state of Texas?
The Senate
The House of Representatives
The Governor
The Assembly Committe
What were the "Black Codes"?
Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War.
Laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans.
Another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.
Secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan.
The Freedman's Bureau was created in order to:
Settle new immigrants to the South after the Civil War.
Restrict the movement and freedom of newly freed slaves in the South.
Force the South to rejoin the Union after the end of the Civil War.
Educate, help, and provide food/shelter to newly freed slaves in the South.
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?
Quanah Parker
James Hogg
Bose Ikard
Charles Goodnight
What were "Hoovervilles"? [hint: they were named after President Herbert Hoover]
camps of homeless people that appeared in major cities across the U.S.
areas of the country that were NOT affected by the Great Depression
towns filled with workers who would get paid to help build National Parks
training grounds for soldiers who were getting ready to fight in World War II
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.]
American Indians had to move with the railroads to find work.
Tribes switched to farming and ranching after the Buffalo herds moved away.
Native Americans were forced to relocate to reservations in Oklahoma.
Tribes would sell their land for a great profit to railroad companies.
