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WorksheetsCommon Assessment #4 Test Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which hospital made Houston a center of science and medicine and is known as the best cancer hospital in Texas?
MD Anderson
Dr. Jordan
Dr Spoc
MD Otto
Who was the first A.A. female Senator for Texas?
Barbara Jordan
Barbara Bush
Barbara Johnson
Barbara Smith
What was one of the main causes of the Civil War?
Factory workers
British navy attacking American Ships
northern states want to annex Alaska
Slavery
Who was the second President of the U.S. from Texas known for the “Great Society”?
Lyndon B. Johnson
George W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is a wildcatter?
A person who drills for oil in an area where oil has not been found.
A large species of feline
A person with the largest amount of oil
A small cat know for its aggressiveness
Which invention allowed farmers and ranchers of West Texas to irrigate crops without having access to a river?
Windmills
Barbed wire
Canels
Water hoses
What do we call the severe drought during the Great Depression that caused soil to erode and blow into the air covering EVERYTHING?
Dust Bowl
Sand Bowl
Super Bowl
Soil Bowl
Which region of Texas is too dry to support farming, so ranching is more prominent?
West Texas / Mountains and Basins
Coastal / Easter Texas
Southern / Coastal Texas
North Eastern Texas/ Mountains and Basins
During which Texas era did urban or cities grow tremendously?
Age of Oil
Age of Cowboys
Age of Contact
Age of Industry
Serving on a jury is a ________________ responsibility of Texas citizens.
Civic
unreasonable
hated
duty
A greater demand for jobs and schools shows that the Texas population is ________________.
increasing
decreasing
unchanging
ceasing
Voting for public officials is a ______________ responsibility of Texas citizens.
Civic
unused
misused
duty
What brought women into the workforce?
WWI
WWII
Civil War
War for independence
Who founded the American G. I. Forum?
Hector P. Garcia
Hector G. Gonzales
Jose P Gonzales
Jose G. Garcia
Why did the plains of Texas panhandle lose many of its underground water resources used for farming and ranching?
Over irrigating of crops and animals.
Under irrigating of crops and animals
drought
flash floods filling underground aquifers
What do we call the economic programs that supplied jobs to Texans and Americans after the Great Depression, put into effect by President Franklin Roosevelt?
The New Deal
The Old Deal
The unused Deal
The Expanding Depression for years Deal
The loss of what animal forced many Native Americans to reservations after Reconstruction?
The Buffalo
The Cows
The Water Buffalos
Sheep
Many people lost their __________ with the oil industry bust during the 1980’s and 1990’s
jobs
minds
buffalos
cars
Dallas and Houston became major urban centers during the early twentieth century with the building of _______________.
railroads
rivers
houses
stores
Texas benefited economically from WWII by supplying many ___________ needed in the war effort.
natural resources
Unnatural resources
roads
mountains
“Many People Move to Texas for Jobs” would be a newspaper headline during which Texas era?
Explores find New World
Contemporary (Modern) Texas
Gold Gold Gold
The British are Coming
Who worked as sharecroppers after the Civil War?
Former slaves
Rich people
Soldiers
Bankers
he Texas industry of oil could be affected by a crisis in the ___________________.
Middle East
Middle West
Middle North
Middle South
With the end of the Civil War the demand for beef increased in the East, affecting which industry?
Cattle Industry
House Industry
Cotton Industry
Sheep Industry
The population of many Texas cities began to grow during which century?
20th Century
21st Century
19th Century
16th Century
Who was James A. Baker III?
Texan who served as Chief of Staff in both the Reagan and Bush administrations.
Texan who served as Chief of Staff in both Clinton and Obama administrations.
Texan who served as Senator of California
Texan who served as Railroad Commissioner during the Reagan and Clinton administrations.
Which two groups have differing views about educational spending in Texas?
Republican and educational leaders
Democrats and educational leaders.
Educational leaders and Green Party
Green Party and Democrats
Overproduction leads to price decreases is a principle of the law of ___________ and __________________.
supply / demand
Supply / decrease
increase / demand
Surplus / deny
The end of the cattle drives was brought about by the use of what type of fences?
barbed wire
Osage Orange
Net wire
Electric wire
During which convention did Texas leave the U.S. over the issue of slavery?
June Teenth
Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Secession Convention
Recession Convention
