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Quizizz 6th Six Week Test/Finals Review

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What invention allowed Texans to modify & adapt to the West Texas environment?

a)

Car

b)

Windmill

c)

Plow

d)

Motorcycle

2.

The picture in this poster most closely represents which choice......?

a)

prohibition, temperance, and 18th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

3.

A farmer that grows enough to meet their family’s needs is called?

a)

Commercial Farming

b)

Old McDonald

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Subsistence Farming

4.

1. The main goal of Hogg Laws?

a)

Snitch on other Governors

b)

Regulate Oil and Gas Prices

c)

Regulate fair business practices

d)

Build separate but equal schools

5.

This type of graph is called......?

a)

Trip and Trust Cycle

b)

True and Blue Michael

c)

Boom and Bust Cycle

d)

Pie Chart

6.

15th Amendment is to African American Males Voting Rights

as

______Amendment is to ______________Voting Rights

a)

3rd Amendment/Soldier Voting RIghts

b)

22nd Amendment/Presidential voting rights

c)

1st Amendment/speaking rights

d)

19th/Women's voting rights

7.

1. Which Region had the least amount of oil fields?


2.Which Region had the most amount of oil fields?

a)

GREAT PLAINS/COASTAL PLAINS

b)

MOUNTAIN & BASIN/COASTAL PLAINS

c)

NORTH CENTRAL /COASTAL PLAINS

d)

SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS/NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS

8.

THE Peoples’ Party.......

a)

Populist Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Libertarian Party

9.

This Chief wanted Native Americans to assimilate to the American Way of life (a)  

10.

Monopolies want to______________ _______________. (2words)

(a)  

11.

" I don't want anybody telling me where to dig for oil! What's wrong with people? Don't they know I am a_________________?

a)

Wildcatter

b)

Baseball Batter

c)

Paint Splatter

d)

Boll Weevil

12.

The 1900 Galveston hurricane led to this type of city government?

a)

monarchy

b)

commission plan

c)

democratic

d)

republican

13.

Native Americans gave African American this nickname because of their fighting spirit and their matted hair?

a)

Buffalo Soldiers

b)

Airborne Rangers

c)

Navy Seals

d)

Special Ops

14.

This invention helped farmers break through the hard West Texas soil......

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Drill

c)

Blender

d)

Blue Kelly Steel Plow

15.

This invention helped farmers process cotton faster & cheaper...

a)

Telephone

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Scrubbing Board

d)

television

16.

It was the largest industry in Texas during the late 19th & early 20th century?

a)

Horticulture

b)

Agriculture

c)

Acupuncture

d)

Insurance

17.
I voted AGAINST Lincoln in the Election of 1860.  I live in the...
a)
North
b)
South
18.

How did colonists in Mexico feel about slavery?

a)

They were all happy that Mexico banned slavery because they wanted freedom for all people

b)

They were upset that Mexico banned slavery because it would negatively affect their farm productivity

c)

They didn’t care strongly about slavery either way.

d)

They did not like the slavery ban because it meant that Mexico would treat them like slaves

19.

Texas Governor James Hogg created this Agency?

a)

Texas Ranger Commission

b)

UIL

c)

UFC Federation

d)

Texas Railroad Commission

20.

Who was the General sent to Texas to report and found that Texans outnumbered Mexicans

a)

Moses Austin

b)

Stephen F. Austin

c)

Mier y Teran

d)

Sam Houston

21.
I do not believe in slavery, but the Fugitive Slave Act makes me return runaway slaves.  I live in the...
a)
North
b)
South
22.

What prevented most Texans from settling & living in West Texas?

a)

Native American attacks

b)

terrible soil

c)

lack of water

d)

mosquitoes

23.
What caused rural Texas towns to become boomtowns?
a)
discovery of oil
b)
discovery of railroads
c)
cattle industry
d)
Windmills
24.

" I really like the taste of cotton. Farmers really hate me. What is my name?"

a)

Cotton Slug

b)

Cotton Patch

c)

Weasel

d)

Boll Weevil

25.

Crude oil goes through what process in order to be used

a)

Refining

b)

Cleaning

c)

Mining

d)

Reconstruction

26.

What was the biggest oil boom in the world?

a)

Spindletop

b)

Goatman's Bridge

c)

Galveston

d)

Beaumont

27.

The oil boom began in Texas in what year?

a)

1601

b)

1775

c)

1492

d)

1901

28.

The Oil boom in Texas created what?

a)

Jobs, Expansion of Industry, a Good Economy

b)

Tenant Farming, Sharecropping

c)

Poor Economy and Loss of Jobs

29.

CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION


Which of these men is matched correctly with their "role" during the Civil War?

a)

Abraham Lincoln - President of the United States during the war

b)

Robert E. Lee - General in command of the Union forces during the war

c)

Ulysses S. Grant - President of the Confederacy during the war

d)

Jefferson Davis - General in command of the Confederate forces during the war

30.

How did the railroad boom effect American Indians?

a)

The were hired to work

b)

They lost there land

c)

they built trains

d)

no effect

31.

How did the railroad effect the cattle industry?

a)

instead of cattle drives they shipped them on trains

b)

they made cattle drives longer

c)

no effect

32.
Where is the capitol of Texas?
a)
Dallas
b)
Fort Worth
c)
Austin
d)
Houston
33.

Where on the map is Mexican Cession? That we received after the Mexican and American War from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

a)

Dark Green

b)

Red

c)

Dark Yellow

d)

Brown

34.

Which president of Texas is the SECOND president and considered the "Father of Education" for his work establishing lands for public schools?

a)

Burnet

b)

Houston

c)

Lamar

d)

Jones

35.
What were two of the major reasons why the United States did not want to annex Texas into the U.S?
a)
A war with Mexico could occur and slavery
b)
debt and no resources in Texas
c)
slavery and certain individual rights were not given
36.

Which river did the Republic of Texas claim was the southern boundary of Texas?

a)

The Nueces River

b)

The Brazos River

c)

The Rio Grande

d)

The Gulf of Mexico

37.

Texas was the ___?___ state to join the United States?

a)

28th

b)

29th

c)

30th

d)

31st

38.

Which of these events occurred in 1845?

a)

The U.S annexed Texas

b)

Texas declared independence from Mexico

c)

Slavery in Texas was outlawed

d)

Texas joined the Confederacy

39.
Who was elected to be president of the Confederacy?
a)
Santa Anna
b)
Jefferson Davis 
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Sam Houston
40.

What effect did the Compromise of 1850 have on Texas?

a)

The U.S. government bought land from Texas for 10 million dollars.

b)

The U.S. government bought land from Texas for 10 thousand dollars.

c)

The U.S. government bought land from Texas for 10 billion dollars.

d)

The U.S. government bought land from Texas for 10 trillion dollars.

41.

Which event followed the Mier y Teran Report that increased tension between the settlers and Mexico?

a)

Fredonian Rebellion

b)

The Alamo

c)

Law of April 6, 1830

d)

The Battle of Gonzales

42.

Why did the United States initially refuse to annex Texas?

a)

Most Texans opposed annexation.

b)

Northerners did not want to annex a large slave-holding state.

c)

They did not want to pay Texas debts.

43.

Why is the year 1836 significant in Texas history?

a)

Texas joined the United States

b)

Texas helped Mexico gain independence from Spain

c)

Texas gained independence from Mexico

d)

Texas invade Mexico

44.

How did the Mexican American war begin?

a)

Trade issues with Texas.

b)

Native American conflicts in Texas.

c)

A border argument between Texas and Mexico.

d)

A fist fight between the President of the United States and the President of Mexico.

45.

What concern did the United States have to resist the annexation of Texas initially?

a)

Texas was so large.

b)

Texas allowed slavery

c)

Texas had little to offer.

d)

Texas would be too powerful.

46.

When Texas became a state, what caused the conflict between the United States and Mexico?

a)

Taxation

b)

They disagreed over who would become governor

c)

They disagreed about the southern boundary

d)

They disagreed about the new state's constitution

47.

What were the states that seceded from the United States called?

a)

The South

b)

The Confederacy

c)

The Lower States

d)

The Union

48.

Why is Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar known as the "Father of Texas Education?"

a)

He set aside land for public schools

b)

He purchased the first set of textbooks for public education.

c)

He wrote the first standards from public education

d)

He created a college that trained teachers for public schools.

49.

How did President Sam Houston want to deal with the Indians?

a)

He wanted to make peace.

b)

Ask the Indians to leave Texas

c)

Build a large reservation for the Indians to live on

d)

Leave them alone

50.

As a Republic, what was Texas allowed to do?

a)

Make laws

b)

Have a president

c)

Govern their people

d)

All of the above

51.

THE CHARACTERISTICS LISTED IN THE BOX REFER TO WHICH MAJOR ERA IN TEXAS HISTORY?

a)

CIVIL WAR

b)

COTTON, CATTLE & RAILROADS

c)

AGE OF OIL

d)

AGE OF CONTACT

52.

WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS LIKE THE ONE DESCRIBED ABOVE?

a)

OIL DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS STRONGER DRILL BITS, ALLOWED FOR DEEPER DRILLING AND INCREASED OIL PRODUCTION.

b)

NEW DRILL BITS HELPED THE OIL INDUSTRY REDUCE POLLUTION AND WASTE.

c)

INNOVATIONS ALLOWED ALL TEXANS TO BENEFIT FROM THE WEALTH PRODUCED BY THE OIL INDUSTRY.

d)

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS RARELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON INDUSTRY.

53.

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES ARE THE SPEAKERS DISCUSSING?

a)

TEXAS ANNEXATION

b)

RUNAWAY SLAVES

c)

CIVIL WAR

d)

TEXAS INDEPENDENCE

54.

THE TEXAS BORDER DISPUTE ILLUSTRATED IN THIS MAP WAS SETTLED BY THE –

a)

FREDONIAN REBELLION

b)

CIVIL WAR

c)

COMPROMISE OF 1850

d)

TEXAS REVOLUTION

55.

"BOOM AND BUST" CYCLES ARE BEST DESCRIBED AS –

a)

PERIODS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE.

b)

THE IMPACT OF NEW WEAPONS DURING TIMES OF WAR.

c)

PERIODS OF TIME DURING WHICH A STATE'S POPULATION GROWS, THEN DECLINES.

d)

TIMES IN LIFE IN WHICH EVERYTHING GOES YOUR WAY, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.

56.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CORRECTLY EXPLAINS WHY TEXAS WAS INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL WAR?

a)

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO LISTEN TO TEXANS WHO DEMANDED THAT TARIFFS BE PLACED ON IMPORTED GOODS.

b)

MOST TEXANS FEARED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT THREATENED THE SYSTEM OF SLAVERY AND FOUGHT TO MAINTAIN IT.

c)

AS A RESULT OF SECTIONALISM, NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STATES WERE GROWING TOO SIMILAR.

d)

TEXANS DISAGREED WITH OTHER SOUTHERNERS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF STATES' RIGHTS.

57.

THIS PHOTO REPRESENTS AN EXAMPLE OF –

a)

HOW TEXANS HAVE MODIFIED THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

b)

WHY TEXANS HAVE NEVER SETTLED IN THE GREAT PLAINS

c)

WHY FARMING IS IMPOSSIBLE IN THE GREAT PLAINS

d)

SPANISH INFLUENCE ON TEXAS

58.

What did African Americans gain during Reconstruction with a new TX constitution?

a)

men were given the right to vote

b)

men & women were given the right to vote

c)

the Freedmen's Bureau was created

d)

Juneteenth was made a holiday

59.

What was one goal of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas?

a)

to educate former slaves

b)

to free former slaves

c)

to settle immigrants

60.

What is Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Document created by Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves in the rebellious states and asked them to join the Union army

b)

Document created by Robert E. Lee that freed the slaves in the rebellious states and asked them to join the Union army

c)

Document created by Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves in the rebellious states and asked them to join the Confedrate army

d)

Document created by Jefferson Davis that freed the slaves in the rebellious states and asked them to join the Union army

61.

What was a major cause of the Civil War?

a)

slavery, states rights, secession

b)

slavery, annexation, secession

c)

slavery, freedom, secession

d)

slavery, cotton, secession

62.

What was the economy of the North?

a)

cotton

b)

corn

c)

factories

d)

farming

63.

What was the economy of the South?

a)

cotton

b)

corn

c)

factories

d)

industries

64.

What is annexation?

a)

to join

b)

to withdraw

c)

to repeat

d)

to help

65.

What is secession?

a)

to withdraw

b)

to join

c)

to add

d)

to multiple

66.

The South viewed slavery as an important part of what?

a)

lives and economy

b)

lives and freedom

c)

lives and their suffering

d)

lives and future

67.
Relating to things that involve money or paying the bills is called:
a)
payouts
b)
delegating
c)
economics
68.

Why did Americans leave other parts of the US and move to Texas?

a)

Land was cheaper

b)

They liked Mexican food

c)

There were already houses built for them to live in.

69.

The buffalo soldiers were Anglo Americans who fought for Texas during the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

The steam engine aided the national and international marketing of Texas cotton in the late 1800's.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.

a)

Constitution

b)

States' Rights

c)

Federalism

d)

Confederacy

72.

More factories, population, and a better navy

a)

Southern advantages

b)

Northern advantages

73.

Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack

a)

Northern advantages

b)

Southern advantages

74.

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Western

c)

Fort Williams

d)

Fort Apache

75.

What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

a)

Anaconda Plan

b)

Rattlesnake Plan

c)

Scorpion Plan

d)

Blockade Plan

76.

4. What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?

a)

It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.

b)

It made slavery more important to the South.

c)

It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.

d)

It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.

77.

This is the last battle of the Civil War after the war had ended

a)

Battle of Galveston

b)

Battle of Sabine Pass

c)

Battle of Brownsville

d)

Battle of Palimto Ranch

78.

People who rented land, had no tools at all, and paid a larger portion of their crop to the landowners were called

a)

wranglers

b)

dry farmers.

c)

sharecroppers

d)

drovers.

79.

What is the appropriate term for the object shown in this image?

a)

Lariat Wire

b)

Drover Wire

c)

Range Wire

d)

Barbed Wire

80.

Who was the Texas Railroad Commissioner that would later become Governor of Texas?

a)

James Hogg

b)

Sam Houston

c)

George Bush

d)

Quanah Parker

81.

What was the 13th amendment?

a)

Freed all slaves

b)

Gave women the right to vote

c)

gave all immigrants the right to vote

d)

freed indentured servants