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SS CBA 2 Review

Total questions: 109

Worksheet time: 4hrs 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What landform did cattlemen build ranches on?

a)

hills

b)

plains

c)

woods

d)

mountains

2.

How did cattlemen get their cattle to eastern markets in the U.S.?

a)

cattle drives

b)

rodeos

c)

bronco riding

d)

cattle branding

3.

Which is NOT a cattle trail out of Texas?

a)

Great Western Trail

b)

Chisholm Trail

c)

Goodnight-Loving Trail

d)

Santa Fe Trail

4.

Where did cattle trails end?

a)

eastern cities with markets for cattle

b)

Goodnight, Texas

c)

Fort Worth, Texas

d)

northern cities with railroad stations

5.

What did the cattle need while on the on a cattle drive?

a)

coastal water

b)

lake water

c)

fresh water

d)

rainwater

6.

What did cattle need but were dangerous for cattle on a cattle drive?

a)

rivers

b)

lakes

c)

mountain passes

d)

canyons

7.

Which location was NOT the destination of Texas cattle drives?

a)

Kansas

b)

New Mexico

c)

Missouri

d)

Wyoming

8.

What is a contribution of "Lizzie" Johnson to Texas?

a)

She found a cattle trail and first brought development to the Texas Panhandle.

b)

She employed an entire village on her ranch which is the largest in Texas today.

c)

She was well educated, owned land and cattle near Austin and was the first woman to drive her cattle on the Chisholm Trail.

d)

She built the JA Railroad In Abilene, Kansas to take western goods to eastern markets.

9.

What is a contribution of Richard King to Texas?

a)

He found a cattle trail and first brought development to the Texas Panhandle.

b)

He employed an entire village on his ranch which is the largest in Texas today.

c)

He was well educated, owned land and cattle near Austin and was the first man to drive his cattle on the Chisholm Trail.

d)

He built the JA Railroad In Abilene, Kansas to take western goods to eastern markets.

10.

What is a contribution of Charles Goodnight to Texas?

a)

He found a cattle trail and first brought development to the Texas Panhandle.

b)

He employed an entire village on his ranch which is the largest in Texas today.

c)

He was well educated, owned land and cattle near Austin and was the first man to drive his cattle on the Chisholm Trail.

d)

He built the JA Railroad In Abilene, Kansas to take western goods to eastern markets.

11.

What is irrigation?

a)

The process of a cowboy irritating cattle so they will cross a river.

b)

The process of creating gates with barbed wire to keep cattle fenced in a ranch.

c)

The process of moving water to an area that it is needed for agriculture.

d)

The process of creating cream out of fresh cow's milk.

12.

Which cattleman's wife developed an irrigation process for the ranch?

a)

Hezekiah Williams

b)

Charles Goodnight

c)

Oliver Loving

d)

Richard King

13.

Who is known as the "Father of the Panhandle?"

a)

Richard King

b)

Oliver Loving

c)

Charles Goodnight

d)

Hezekiah Williams

14.

Who was known as the "Cattle Queen of Texas?"

a)

Sarah Loving

b)

Gail Borden

c)

Henrietta King

d)

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Johnson

15.

What did the cattle industry do to the Texas economy?

a)

It became the only successful part of the Texas economy and caused it to grow.

b)

The industry did not do well and declined the economy.

c)

It didn't affect the economy since ranching had already begun in the late 1700s.

d)

It became a large part of the economy and its growth.

16.

What caused the growth of Fort Worth, Texas?

a)

The Fort Worth Stockyards that were used for the cattle industry.

b)

The Fort Worth museum that has items from the cattle industry.

c)

Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth where cattle were bought and sold.

d)

The acres of cotton fields surrounding Fort Worth.

17.

Who created a process that allowed milk to be stored longer?

a)

Richard King

b)

Gail Borden

c)

Charles Goodnight

d)

Lizzie Johnson

18.

Which industry did NOT develop from having cattle in Texas?

a)

barbecue

b)

dairy

c)

beef

d)

cotton

19.

What did Joseph Glidden invent?

a)

sweetened condense milk

b)

cattle gates

c)

barbed wire

d)

Fort Worth stockyards

20.

Which is NOT a benefit of barbed wire in Texas?

a)

It kept cattle out of farmer's fields.

b)

It ended access to the cattle trails.

c)

It limited loss of cattle.

d)

It kept cattle on a rancher's land.

21.

Which Texas President increased government spending ?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Anson Jones

d)

David G. Burnet

22.

How did Texas pay a lot of the people it owed?

a)

with American money

b)

with Mexican gold

c)

with land

d)

with cattle

23.

Peace with Native Tribes, reducing government jobs and government salaries are all way that -

a)

Anson Jones tried to make Texas attractive to the US for annexation.

b)

Mirabeau Lamar attempted to spend Texas funds.

c)

Stephen F. Austin attempted to manage San Felipe de Texas.

d)

Sam Houston attempted to reduce Texas debt.

24.

Who worked hard in Texas government to secure Tejano rights?

a)

Antonio López de Santa Anna

b)

Stephen F. Austin

c)

José Antonio Navarro

d)

Juan Seguín

25.

Which branch of Texas government makes laws?

a)

senatorial

b)

executive

c)

judicial

d)

legislative

26.

Which branch of Texas government interprets the laws?

a)

judicial

b)

executive

c)

representative

d)

congressional

27.

Which branch of Texas government executes the laws?

a)

executionary

b)

judicial

c)

executive

d)

legislative

28.

Why were the Texas Rangers created?

a)

To survey the Texas land for the Republic of Texas

b)

To protect settlers from attacks by Native Texans

c)

To protect settlers fleeing the Mexican Army in the Runaway Scrape

d)

To fight the Battle of the Alamo giving the Texas Army time to escape

29.

How was the need for the Texas Rangers reduced?

a)

Mirabeau Lamar drove all the Native Tribes out of Texas.

b)

All warriors of the Native Texans died in the Texas Revolution.

c)

Sam Houston asked the Native Tribes to go to Mexico.

d)

Sam Houston made peace treaties with Native Tribal Leaders.

30.

Who doubled the size of the Texas Rangers?

a)

Mirabeau Lamar

b)

William B. Travis

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Stephen F. Austin

31.

Who served two terms as president of the Republic of Texas?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

David G. Burnet

c)

Anson Jones

d)

Mirabeau Lamar

32.

Who is known as the Texas Father of Education?

a)

Father Massanet

b)

Anson Jones

c)

Mirabeau Lamar

d)

Sam Houston

33.

Who increased fighting between the Texas Rangers and the Native Tribal warriors?

a)

the Mexican Army

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Mirabeau Lamar

34.

The Republic of Texas government structure is the same as -

a)

The French Republic

b)

The Republic of Mexico

c)

The United States

d)

The Empire of Great Britain

35.

Who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, the Texas Constitution & worked for Tejano rights?

a)

Davy Crockett

b)

Stephen F. Austin

c)

José Antonio Navarro

d)

Juan Seguín

36.

What was the purpose of the Texas Declaration of Independence?

a)

To describe the new Texas government and how it would be structured after the Texas Revolution

b)

To describe what the Mexican Government had done to the settlers of Texas and declare Texas free of Mexican rule

c)

To describe what the British government had done to Texas settlers and declare Texas free of British rule

d)

To describe what the Spanish Government had done to the settlers of Texas and declare Texas free of Spanish rule

37.

What document sets the structures and laws of the Republic of Texas?

a)

the U.S. Constitution

b)

the Texas Declaration of Independence

c)

the Texas Constitution

d)

the Mexican Constitution of 1824

38.

What was the major disagreement between the Texas settlers and Native Texans?

a)

cattle

b)

land

c)

the Gulf of Mexico

d)

laws

39.

Under which Texas president was the country annexed to the United States?

a)

Anson Jones

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Mirabeau Lamar

d)

David G. Burnet

40.

How does reading help José Antonio Navarro be a good leader?

a)

He learns how to read English and eventually speak it.

b)

He is well informed about current issues.

c)

He can read to others about what is happening in the world.

d)

He learns how to write a book to inform others about what happened in Texas.

41.

Who was Captain Jonathan Bird?

a)

A Texas Cowboy

b)

U.S. Marines Captain

c)

Coast Guard Captain

d)

A Texas Ranger

42.

What did Captain Jonathan Bird and 20 Texas Rangers do in this area and why?

a)

Built Bird's Fort to protect settlers

b)

Built Birdville, TX for new settlers

c)

Stood guard during all train stops in Birdville, TX

d)

Robbed Fort Worth stage coaches

43.

Who is our school district named after?

a)

Major Billy Independent

b)

General William Tarrant

c)

Private William Hudson

d)

Captain Jonathan Bird

44.

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?

a)

invited the president of Mexico to the White House

b)

sent U.S. military troops to Texas

c)

went to Texas to speak with the new state government

d)

sent a delegate to Mexico City

45.

What did the United States get after the war that was outlined in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

a)

Texas

b)

$30 million dollars

c)

$15 million dollars

d)

land west of Texas to the Pacific Ocean

46.

What document set the agreement between Mexico and the United States at the end of the Mexican War?

a)

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

The Treaty of Velasco

c)

The Treaty of Paris

d)

The Treaty of US & Mexico

47.

Who was the first governor of Texas?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Antonio López de Santa Anna

c)

James Pinckney Henderson

d)

José Antonio Navarro

48.

What does annexation mean?

a)

the act of a territory leaving a nation

b)

the act of adding - usually land or a territory to a nation

c)

the act of removing a territory from a nation

d)

the act of putting two nations together

49.

What kind of towns formed in Texas with many new immigrants?

a)

Chicken towns

b)

Boston towns

c)

Tejano only towns

d)

German towns

50.

What did Mexico get after the war that was outlined in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

a)

$50 million dollars

b)

$30 million dollars

c)

$15 million dollars

d)

nothing because they lost

51.

What was set as the border between Mexico and Texas?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Red River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Nueces River

52.

Why were some U.S. citizens against the annexation of Texas?

a)

Texas was not a slave state

b)

Most Texans spoke German

c)

Texas was a slave state

d)

Texas was too far from the nations capital

53.

Debt, fighting with Native Tribes, and battles with Mexico were...

a)

reasons for leaving Texas and immigrating to the U.S.

b)

reasons people in Germany wanted to immigrate to Texas

c)

reasons the Mexican government wanted Texas as a state

d)

reasons most Texans wanted to annex to the United States

54.

What gave the lands west of Texas to the U.S., gave Mexico $15 million, and set the Texas border at the Rio Grande?

a)

The Constitution of 1845

b)

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

The Mexican Declaration of War

d)

The Treaty of Velasco

55.

Which Texas president gave speeches and worked for Texas' annexation?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Jose Navarro

56.

Community picnics, dancing, and barn raising were...

a)

activities of settlers that met their social/emotional needs

b)

activities of settlers that met their physical needs

c)

activities of settlers that started new dances

d)

activities of settlers that started new cultures

57.

Which economic activity grew fastest in Texas due to immigration in the early 1800s?

a)

ranchero

b)

agriculture

c)

goat herding

d)

trading posts

58.

Which group dealt with loss of land, loss of access to natural resources, and increasing population on Texas during the early 1800s?

a)

German immigrants

b)

Native Americans

c)

Irish immigrants

d)

Texas Congress

59.

Why did German towns like New Braunfels develop in Texas?

a)

Texas decided where immigrants lived and put people from certain places together.

b)

Germany bought land in Texas and sold it to citizens so they would leave their nation due to overpopulation.

c)

Immigrants of the same culture tended to live near each other.

d)

Texas Rangers told settlers where to live so they could protect them.

60.

What was the largest cash crop in Texas before the Civil War?

a)

wheat

b)

corn

c)

tobacco

d)

cotton

61.

What was the basis of the Southern economy pre-Civil War?

a)

Tejanos

b)

slaves

c)

Mexican Americans

d)

low wage workers

62.

When war broke out, what did the Texas Congress do?

a)

voted to remain a part of the United States

b)

voted to secede with the other Southern states

c)

voted not to be a part of the Civil War

d)

voted to became a Republic nation again

63.

How did Sam Houston feel about seceding from the United States?

a)

He was against it.

b)

He was for it

c)

He left to fight for the Union.

d)

He rode to Washington to warn President Lincoln.

64.

How much of the population was enslaved in Texas at the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

70%

b)

30%

c)

50%

d)

10%

65.

Who maintained the economy in Texas during the Civil War?

a)

women

b)

children

c)

old men

d)

men who did not join the war

66.

What did the Union blockade in Galveston Island NOT prevent?

a)

shipping cotton to Europe

b)

shipping cotton to Northeast cities

c)

shipping goods from Europe to Texas

d)

traveling by boat to Europe

67.

What freed the slaves in Texas?

a)

the 13th amendment

b)

the Emancipation Proclamation

c)

the Civil War

d)

the 14th amendment

68.

How was communication between Texas and the rest of the confederacy limited the most?

a)

The Union controlled the Mississippi River.

b)

The Union controlled the Gulf of Mexico.

c)

The Confederacy controlled the Mississippi River.

d)

The Confederacy controlled the Red River.

69.

What word means to leave a group?

a)

confess

b)

arbitrate

c)

secede

d)

remain

70.

What was the Texas economy like during the Civil War?

a)

It stayed the same since the slaves didn't know they'd been freed until 1865.

b)

It increased as there were more women and children to work the fields.

c)

It declined since imports and exports had been stopped.

d)

It declined because so many men left for war.

71.

What effects did the Civil War leave on the geography of Texas?

a)

the land had been destroyed from the war

b)

the land was ruined and could no longer be farmed

c)

cities had to be rebuilt from the destruction the war brought as towns burned

d)

the land was not harmed as there were few battles in Texas

72.

Which is NOT an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

brought 70,000 men to Texas

b)

caused the Texas economy to decline

c)

eliminated free labor in Texas

d)

required former slaves to be paid wages

73.

What annual event celebrated the freedom of the slaves in Texas?

a)

Moonteenth

b)

Independence Day

c)

Juneteenth

d)

Texas Freedom

74.

What laws required separate services in the community for African Americans from whites?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Segregation Laws

c)

Fifteenth Amendment

d)

Civil Act

75.

What restricted the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War?

a)

14th Amendment

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

black codes

d)

Civil Rights Laws

76.

What word means the separation of one group for another?

a)

separation

b)

emancipate

c)

segregation

d)

relieve

77.

What is one group created by people in the Southerners who hated seeing African Americans free?

a)

Enslaved Labor Union

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

The Emancipators Coalition

d)

Confederate States

78.

What national law freed all slaves?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

79.

What law gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

80.

What law made all freed slaves citizens of the United States?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

81.

Which is something Texas did NOT have to do to re-enter the United States?

a)

10% of prewar voters had to take an oath of loyalty

b)

a new state Constitution had to be created

c)

live under military rule as district 5

d)

allow 20% of Congress to be African Americans

82.

Who helped the newly free slaves with education, food, and clothing?

a)

U.S. Union Troops

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

Goodwill

d)

Texas State Government

83.

What economic practice replaced slavery in Texas?

a)

factory work

b)

sharecropping

c)

minimum wage practices

d)

boom towns

84.

How did agriculture remain a top economic activity in Texas?

a)

having African Americans become vaqueros

b)

having African Americans participate in sharecropping

c)

having African Americans become soldiers

d)

having African Americans participate in Congress

85.

Why were forts built on the Texas frontier?

a)

to protect Native American lands from western settlers illegally building on Native American land

b)

to protect rancheros from losing cattle during the Civil War

c)

to protect western settlers on the frontier from Native American raids

d)

to protect U.S. lands from Mexican control

86.

What did railroads NOT do to American Indians' lives?

a)

cut across their hunting grounds

b)

cut across lands they lived on

c)

cut across lands they farmed on

d)

cut across their cities

87.

Whose culture relied heavily on the buffalo?

a)

The Native Americans who lived on the plains.

b)

The Native Americans who lived on the coasts.

c)

The Native Americans who lived on the reservations.

d)

The Texas settlers who lived in South Texas.

88.

Why were white hunters killing so many buffalo?

a)

for the Native Americans

b)

for sport and profit

c)

for the frontier settlers

d)

for survival

89.

What treaties did the Native American leaders sign before they left the plains and went to reservations?

a)

Quanah Parker Treaties

b)

Medicine Lodge Treaties

c)

Red River Treaties

d)

Reservation Treaties

90.

What is a treaty?

a)

a contract between a person and a nation

b)

a rental agreement between two people

c)

an agreement between two nations

d)

a letter between two nations

91.

Why did the U.S. government move the Native Americans off the plains?

a)

So they could catch more Texas cattle on the plains.

b)

They needed somewhere to put Native Americans who were from the coast.

c)

White settlers wanted their land.

d)

The U.S. government needed to build more forts.

92.

Who did the Buffalo Soldiers battle with the most while in western forts?

a)

African Americans

b)

Freedmen

c)

White Settlers

d)

Native Americans

93.

What land were most Native Americans forced to live on by the U.S. government?

a)

Arkansas

b)

North Texas

c)

New Mexico

d)

Oklahoma

94.

Why did Native Americans called African American soldiers Buffalo Soldiers?

a)

They ran as fast as the buffalo did when fighting in skirmishes.

b)

The fought as a single unit and it reminded the Native Americans of the buffalo moving as a herd.

c)

They were fierce fighters with fiery eyes and dark, curly hair like the buffalo.

d)

Battles between the Native Americans and African Americans were always on the lands where they hunted the buffalo.

95.

What is one of the main groups that killed the buffalo almost to extinction?

a)

Buffalo Soldiers

b)

Native Americans

c)

white buffalo hunters

d)

white frontier settlers

96.

Why did the Native Americans start the Red River War with the United States?

a)

The U.S. government burned all of the tribes' supplies.

b)

Native Americans was not allowed to hunt buffalo.

c)

The U.S. government signed a declaration of war because they could not agree with any of the Native American leaders.

d)

Native Americans did not receive the supplies and food the U.S. government promised them.

97.

What Comanche leader started and ended the Red River Wars?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Quanah Parker

c)

Chief Red River

d)

White Buffalo

98.

Who attempted to work out the issues between the Texians and the Mexican government and was jailed for one and a half years?

a)

Stephen F. Austin

b)

William B. Travis

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Jose Navarro

99.

What is being described?

a)

Effects of the Texas Revolution

b)

Causes of the Texas Revolution

c)

Results of the Constitution of 1824

d)

Major events of the Texas Revolution

100.

What document did the Texians sign that declared Texas a free country?

a)

The Constitution of 1824

b)

The Treaties of Velasco

c)

The Texas Declaration of Independence

d)

The Republic of Texas Constitution

101.

Who is being described?

a)

Enrique Esparza

b)

Jose Navarro

c)

Juan Seguin

d)

Santa Anna

102.

Who was tasked with bringing Sam Houston a warning from Santa Anna after the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

Placidio Benavides

b)

Davy Crockett

c)

Susanna Dickinson

d)

Enrique Esparza

103.

Who were the two men who commanded the Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

James Bowie and William B. Travis

b)

Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin

c)

Jose Navarro and Juan Seguin

d)

Davy Crockett and Susanna Dickinson

104.

What belongs in the graphic organizer?

a)

The Cannon at Gonzales

b)

The Alamo

c)

The Come and Take It Flag

d)

The Presidio at Goliad

105.

Who was at the Alamo as a child and told what he saw there as an adult?

a)

Lorenzo de Zavala

b)

Jose Navarro

c)

Santa Anna

d)

Enrique Esparza

106.

What was the final battle and result of the Texas Revolution?

a)

The Battle of San Jacinto and Texas won its freedom

b)

The Battle of the Alamo and Mexico put down the rebellion

c)

The Battle of Goliad and Mexico put down over 400 prisoners of war

d)

The Battle of Gonzales and Texas won its freedom

107.

Who led the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution?

a)

Jose Navarro

b)

Sam Houston

c)

William B. Travis

d)

Santa Anna

108.

Who is this?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Juan Seguin

c)

Jose Navarro

d)

Santa Anna

109.

What are the Treaties of Velasco?

a)

Documents designing the Republic of Texas' government

b)

Documents ending the revolution and making Texas an independent country

c)

Documents by the Texians and Tejanos declaring Texas a free country

d)

Documents creating a fair country for Mexico