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WorksheetsSS CBA 2 Review
Total questions: 109
Worksheet time: 4hrs 38mins
What landform did cattlemen build ranches on?
hills
plains
woods
mountains
How did cattlemen get their cattle to eastern markets in the U.S.?
cattle drives
rodeos
bronco riding
cattle branding
Which is NOT a cattle trail out of Texas?
Great Western Trail
Chisholm Trail
Goodnight-Loving Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Where did cattle trails end?
eastern cities with markets for cattle
Goodnight, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
northern cities with railroad stations
What did the cattle need while on the on a cattle drive?
coastal water
lake water
fresh water
rainwater
What did cattle need but were dangerous for cattle on a cattle drive?
rivers
lakes
mountain passes
canyons
Which location was NOT the destination of Texas cattle drives?
Kansas
New Mexico
Missouri
Wyoming
What is a contribution of "Lizzie" Johnson to Texas?
She found a cattle trail and first brought development to the Texas Panhandle.
She employed an entire village on her ranch which is the largest in Texas today.
She was well educated, owned land and cattle near Austin and was the first woman to drive her cattle on the Chisholm Trail.
She built the JA Railroad In Abilene, Kansas to take western goods to eastern markets.
What is a contribution of Richard King to Texas?
He found a cattle trail and first brought development to the Texas Panhandle.
He employed an entire village on his ranch which is the largest in Texas today.
He was well educated, owned land and cattle near Austin and was the first man to drive his cattle on the Chisholm Trail.
He built the JA Railroad In Abilene, Kansas to take western goods to eastern markets.
What is a contribution of Charles Goodnight to Texas?
He found a cattle trail and first brought development to the Texas Panhandle.
He employed an entire village on his ranch which is the largest in Texas today.
He was well educated, owned land and cattle near Austin and was the first man to drive his cattle on the Chisholm Trail.
He built the JA Railroad In Abilene, Kansas to take western goods to eastern markets.
What is irrigation?
The process of a cowboy irritating cattle so they will cross a river.
The process of creating gates with barbed wire to keep cattle fenced in a ranch.
The process of moving water to an area that it is needed for agriculture.
The process of creating cream out of fresh cow's milk.
Which cattleman's wife developed an irrigation process for the ranch?
Hezekiah Williams
Charles Goodnight
Oliver Loving
Richard King
Who is known as the "Father of the Panhandle?"
Richard King
Oliver Loving
Charles Goodnight
Hezekiah Williams
Who was known as the "Cattle Queen of Texas?"
Sarah Loving
Gail Borden
Henrietta King
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Johnson
What did the cattle industry do to the Texas economy?
It became the only successful part of the Texas economy and caused it to grow.
The industry did not do well and declined the economy.
It didn't affect the economy since ranching had already begun in the late 1700s.
It became a large part of the economy and its growth.
What caused the growth of Fort Worth, Texas?
The Fort Worth Stockyards that were used for the cattle industry.
The Fort Worth museum that has items from the cattle industry.
Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth where cattle were bought and sold.
The acres of cotton fields surrounding Fort Worth.
Who created a process that allowed milk to be stored longer?
Richard King
Gail Borden
Charles Goodnight
Lizzie Johnson
Which industry did NOT develop from having cattle in Texas?
barbecue
dairy
beef
cotton
What did Joseph Glidden invent?
sweetened condense milk
cattle gates
barbed wire
Fort Worth stockyards
Which is NOT a benefit of barbed wire in Texas?
It kept cattle out of farmer's fields.
It ended access to the cattle trails.
It limited loss of cattle.
It kept cattle on a rancher's land.
Which Texas President increased government spending ?
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
David G. Burnet
How did Texas pay a lot of the people it owed?
with American money
with Mexican gold
with land
with cattle
Peace with Native Tribes, reducing government jobs and government salaries are all way that -
Anson Jones tried to make Texas attractive to the US for annexation.
Mirabeau Lamar attempted to spend Texas funds.
Stephen F. Austin attempted to manage San Felipe de Texas.
Sam Houston attempted to reduce Texas debt.
Who worked hard in Texas government to secure Tejano rights?
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Stephen F. Austin
José Antonio Navarro
Juan Seguín
Which branch of Texas government makes laws?
senatorial
executive
judicial
legislative
Which branch of Texas government interprets the laws?
judicial
executive
representative
congressional
Which branch of Texas government executes the laws?
executionary
judicial
executive
legislative
Why were the Texas Rangers created?
To survey the Texas land for the Republic of Texas
To protect settlers from attacks by Native Texans
To protect settlers fleeing the Mexican Army in the Runaway Scrape
To fight the Battle of the Alamo giving the Texas Army time to escape
How was the need for the Texas Rangers reduced?
Mirabeau Lamar drove all the Native Tribes out of Texas.
All warriors of the Native Texans died in the Texas Revolution.
Sam Houston asked the Native Tribes to go to Mexico.
Sam Houston made peace treaties with Native Tribal Leaders.
Who doubled the size of the Texas Rangers?
Mirabeau Lamar
William B. Travis
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Who served two terms as president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
David G. Burnet
Anson Jones
Mirabeau Lamar
Who is known as the Texas Father of Education?
Father Massanet
Anson Jones
Mirabeau Lamar
Sam Houston
Who increased fighting between the Texas Rangers and the Native Tribal warriors?
the Mexican Army
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Mirabeau Lamar
The Republic of Texas government structure is the same as -
The French Republic
The Republic of Mexico
The United States
The Empire of Great Britain
Who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, the Texas Constitution & worked for Tejano rights?
Davy Crockett
Stephen F. Austin
José Antonio Navarro
Juan Seguín
What was the purpose of the Texas Declaration of Independence?
To describe the new Texas government and how it would be structured after the Texas Revolution
To describe what the Mexican Government had done to the settlers of Texas and declare Texas free of Mexican rule
To describe what the British government had done to Texas settlers and declare Texas free of British rule
To describe what the Spanish Government had done to the settlers of Texas and declare Texas free of Spanish rule
What document sets the structures and laws of the Republic of Texas?
the U.S. Constitution
the Texas Declaration of Independence
the Texas Constitution
the Mexican Constitution of 1824
What was the major disagreement between the Texas settlers and Native Texans?
cattle
land
the Gulf of Mexico
laws
Under which Texas president was the country annexed to the United States?
Anson Jones
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
David G. Burnet
How does reading help José Antonio Navarro be a good leader?
He learns how to read English and eventually speak it.
He is well informed about current issues.
He can read to others about what is happening in the world.
He learns how to write a book to inform others about what happened in Texas.
Who was Captain Jonathan Bird?
A Texas Cowboy
U.S. Marines Captain
Coast Guard Captain
A Texas Ranger
What did Captain Jonathan Bird and 20 Texas Rangers do in this area and why?
Built Bird's Fort to protect settlers
Built Birdville, TX for new settlers
Stood guard during all train stops in Birdville, TX
Robbed Fort Worth stage coaches
Who is our school district named after?
Major Billy Independent
General William Tarrant
Private William Hudson
Captain Jonathan Bird
When the Mexican government refused $30 million dollars for Mexican land west of Texas and refused to talk about the issues regarding Texas land, what did President Polk do?
invited the president of Mexico to the White House
sent U.S. military troops to Texas
went to Texas to speak with the new state government
sent a delegate to Mexico City
What did the United States get after the war that was outlined in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Texas
$30 million dollars
$15 million dollars
land west of Texas to the Pacific Ocean
What document set the agreement between Mexico and the United States at the end of the Mexican War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Velasco
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of US & Mexico
Who was the first governor of Texas?
Sam Houston
Antonio López de Santa Anna
James Pinckney Henderson
José Antonio Navarro
What does annexation mean?
the act of a territory leaving a nation
the act of adding - usually land or a territory to a nation
the act of removing a territory from a nation
the act of putting two nations together
What kind of towns formed in Texas with many new immigrants?
Chicken towns
Boston towns
Tejano only towns
German towns
What did Mexico get after the war that was outlined in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
$50 million dollars
$30 million dollars
$15 million dollars
nothing because they lost
What was set as the border between Mexico and Texas?
Rio Grande
Red River
Colorado River
Nueces River
Why were some U.S. citizens against the annexation of Texas?
Texas was not a slave state
Most Texans spoke German
Texas was a slave state
Texas was too far from the nations capital
Debt, fighting with Native Tribes, and battles with Mexico were...
reasons for leaving Texas and immigrating to the U.S.
reasons people in Germany wanted to immigrate to Texas
reasons the Mexican government wanted Texas as a state
reasons most Texans wanted to annex to the United States
What gave the lands west of Texas to the U.S., gave Mexico $15 million, and set the Texas border at the Rio Grande?
The Constitution of 1845
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Mexican Declaration of War
The Treaty of Velasco
Which Texas president gave speeches and worked for Texas' annexation?
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Stephen F. Austin
Jose Navarro
Community picnics, dancing, and barn raising were...
activities of settlers that met their social/emotional needs
activities of settlers that met their physical needs
activities of settlers that started new dances
activities of settlers that started new cultures
Which economic activity grew fastest in Texas due to immigration in the early 1800s?
ranchero
agriculture
goat herding
trading posts
Which group dealt with loss of land, loss of access to natural resources, and increasing population on Texas during the early 1800s?
German immigrants
Native Americans
Irish immigrants
Texas Congress
Why did German towns like New Braunfels develop in Texas?
Texas decided where immigrants lived and put people from certain places together.
Germany bought land in Texas and sold it to citizens so they would leave their nation due to overpopulation.
Immigrants of the same culture tended to live near each other.
Texas Rangers told settlers where to live so they could protect them.
What was the largest cash crop in Texas before the Civil War?
wheat
corn
tobacco
cotton
What was the basis of the Southern economy pre-Civil War?
Tejanos
slaves
Mexican Americans
low wage workers
When war broke out, what did the Texas Congress do?
voted to remain a part of the United States
voted to secede with the other Southern states
voted not to be a part of the Civil War
voted to became a Republic nation again
How did Sam Houston feel about seceding from the United States?
He was against it.
He was for it
He left to fight for the Union.
He rode to Washington to warn President Lincoln.
How much of the population was enslaved in Texas at the beginning of the Civil War?
70%
30%
50%
10%
Who maintained the economy in Texas during the Civil War?
women
children
old men
men who did not join the war
What did the Union blockade in Galveston Island NOT prevent?
shipping cotton to Europe
shipping cotton to Northeast cities
shipping goods from Europe to Texas
traveling by boat to Europe
What freed the slaves in Texas?
the 13th amendment
the Emancipation Proclamation
the Civil War
the 14th amendment
How was communication between Texas and the rest of the confederacy limited the most?
The Union controlled the Mississippi River.
The Union controlled the Gulf of Mexico.
The Confederacy controlled the Mississippi River.
The Confederacy controlled the Red River.
What word means to leave a group?
confess
arbitrate
secede
remain
What was the Texas economy like during the Civil War?
It stayed the same since the slaves didn't know they'd been freed until 1865.
It increased as there were more women and children to work the fields.
It declined since imports and exports had been stopped.
It declined because so many men left for war.
What effects did the Civil War leave on the geography of Texas?
the land had been destroyed from the war
the land was ruined and could no longer be farmed
cities had to be rebuilt from the destruction the war brought as towns burned
the land was not harmed as there were few battles in Texas
Which is NOT an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
brought 70,000 men to Texas
caused the Texas economy to decline
eliminated free labor in Texas
required former slaves to be paid wages
What annual event celebrated the freedom of the slaves in Texas?
Moonteenth
Independence Day
Juneteenth
Texas Freedom
What laws required separate services in the community for African Americans from whites?
Jim Crow Laws
Segregation Laws
Fifteenth Amendment
Civil Act
What restricted the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War?
14th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
black codes
Civil Rights Laws
What word means the separation of one group for another?
separation
emancipate
segregation
relieve
What is one group created by people in the Southerners who hated seeing African Americans free?
Enslaved Labor Union
Ku Klux Klan
The Emancipators Coalition
Confederate States
What national law freed all slaves?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
What law gave African American men the right to vote?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
What law made all freed slaves citizens of the United States?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
Which is something Texas did NOT have to do to re-enter the United States?
10% of prewar voters had to take an oath of loyalty
a new state Constitution had to be created
live under military rule as district 5
allow 20% of Congress to be African Americans
Who helped the newly free slaves with education, food, and clothing?
U.S. Union Troops
Freedman's Bureau
Goodwill
Texas State Government
What economic practice replaced slavery in Texas?
factory work
sharecropping
minimum wage practices
boom towns
How did agriculture remain a top economic activity in Texas?
having African Americans become vaqueros
having African Americans participate in sharecropping
having African Americans become soldiers
having African Americans participate in Congress
Why were forts built on the Texas frontier?
to protect Native American lands from western settlers illegally building on Native American land
to protect rancheros from losing cattle during the Civil War
to protect western settlers on the frontier from Native American raids
to protect U.S. lands from Mexican control
What did railroads NOT do to American Indians' lives?
cut across their hunting grounds
cut across lands they lived on
cut across lands they farmed on
cut across their cities
Whose culture relied heavily on the buffalo?
The Native Americans who lived on the plains.
The Native Americans who lived on the coasts.
The Native Americans who lived on the reservations.
The Texas settlers who lived in South Texas.
Why were white hunters killing so many buffalo?
for the Native Americans
for sport and profit
for the frontier settlers
for survival
What treaties did the Native American leaders sign before they left the plains and went to reservations?
Quanah Parker Treaties
Medicine Lodge Treaties
Red River Treaties
Reservation Treaties
What is a treaty?
a contract between a person and a nation
a rental agreement between two people
an agreement between two nations
a letter between two nations
Why did the U.S. government move the Native Americans off the plains?
So they could catch more Texas cattle on the plains.
They needed somewhere to put Native Americans who were from the coast.
White settlers wanted their land.
The U.S. government needed to build more forts.
Who did the Buffalo Soldiers battle with the most while in western forts?
African Americans
Freedmen
White Settlers
Native Americans
What land were most Native Americans forced to live on by the U.S. government?
Arkansas
North Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Why did Native Americans called African American soldiers Buffalo Soldiers?
They ran as fast as the buffalo did when fighting in skirmishes.
The fought as a single unit and it reminded the Native Americans of the buffalo moving as a herd.
They were fierce fighters with fiery eyes and dark, curly hair like the buffalo.
Battles between the Native Americans and African Americans were always on the lands where they hunted the buffalo.
What is one of the main groups that killed the buffalo almost to extinction?
Buffalo Soldiers
Native Americans
white buffalo hunters
white frontier settlers
Why did the Native Americans start the Red River War with the United States?
The U.S. government burned all of the tribes' supplies.
Native Americans was not allowed to hunt buffalo.
The U.S. government signed a declaration of war because they could not agree with any of the Native American leaders.
Native Americans did not receive the supplies and food the U.S. government promised them.
What Comanche leader started and ended the Red River Wars?
Chief Joseph
Quanah Parker
Chief Red River
White Buffalo
Who attempted to work out the issues between the Texians and the Mexican government and was jailed for one and a half years?
Stephen F. Austin
William B. Travis
Sam Houston
Jose Navarro
What is being described?
Effects of the Texas Revolution
Causes of the Texas Revolution
Results of the Constitution of 1824
Major events of the Texas Revolution
What document did the Texians sign that declared Texas a free country?
The Constitution of 1824
The Treaties of Velasco
The Texas Declaration of Independence
The Republic of Texas Constitution
Who is being described?
Enrique Esparza
Jose Navarro
Juan Seguin
Santa Anna
Who was tasked with bringing Sam Houston a warning from Santa Anna after the Battle of the Alamo?
Placidio Benavides
Davy Crockett
Susanna Dickinson
Enrique Esparza
Who were the two men who commanded the Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo?
James Bowie and William B. Travis
Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin
Jose Navarro and Juan Seguin
Davy Crockett and Susanna Dickinson
What belongs in the graphic organizer?
The Cannon at Gonzales
The Alamo
The Come and Take It Flag
The Presidio at Goliad
Who was at the Alamo as a child and told what he saw there as an adult?
Lorenzo de Zavala
Jose Navarro
Santa Anna
Enrique Esparza
What was the final battle and result of the Texas Revolution?
The Battle of San Jacinto and Texas won its freedom
The Battle of the Alamo and Mexico put down the rebellion
The Battle of Goliad and Mexico put down over 400 prisoners of war
The Battle of Gonzales and Texas won its freedom
Who led the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution?
Jose Navarro
Sam Houston
William B. Travis
Santa Anna
Who is this?
Sam Houston
Juan Seguin
Jose Navarro
Santa Anna
What are the Treaties of Velasco?
Documents designing the Republic of Texas' government
Documents ending the revolution and making Texas an independent country
Documents by the Texians and Tejanos declaring Texas a free country
Documents creating a fair country for Mexico
