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Political Parties of Texas

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Political Parties

a)

Groups of people that believe in certain, similar ideas.

b)

Groups of people that work together.

c)

Groups of people that play sports together.

d)

Groups of people that love each other.

2.

Conventions:

a)

Rally's or meetings to get people to save the WORLD!

b)

Rally's or meetings to get people to love animals.

c)

Rally's or meetings to get people to play tiddlywinks.

d)

Rally's or meetings to get people to vote for them.

3.

Abolish:

a)

To get rid of... slavery.

b)

To get rid of.... puppies.

c)

To get rid of.... white people.

d)

To get rid of.... the WORLD.

4.

Which party is more likely to believe in the free market/capitalism(To make your own business)?

a)

Whig/Republican

b)

Democrat

5.

A political party is a group of people _______________________________________________.

a)

who share the similar beliefs about government.

b)

who share the similar beliefs about the president.

c)

who share the similar beliefs about congress.

d)

who share the similar beliefs about the judicial branch

6.

Which political party has a donkey as their logo?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Green Party

d)

Libertarian Party

7.

The elephant is the symbol associated with which political party?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Green Party

8.

Which party was created to abolish the spread of slavery?

a)

Republicans

b)

Democrats

c)

Progressive

d)

Prohibition

9.

What organization used violence to achieve their goals? The Know Nothings would become this group.

a)

Freemen's Bureau

b)

Republican Party

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Scalawags

10.

In 1854 - anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats, Free Soilers and reformers from the Northwest met and formed this party in order to keep SLAVERY OUT of the territories

a)

Constitutional Union Party

b)

Northern Democrats

c)

Southern Democrats

d)

Republican

11.

The United States thought the border between the United States and Mexico was at the _________

a)
Nueces River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Red River
d)
Trinity River
12.
Which of the following was when Mexico gave its provinces of California and New Mexico up to the United States?
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
None of the above
13.
Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Nevada were all states that joined the US as a result of what?
a)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
The Annexation of Texas
c)
The Mexican Cession
d)
The Joint Resolution
14.

How much money the the U.S. pay for the land to Mexico

a)

10 million

b)

150 million

c)

15 million

d)

5 million

15.
Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
16.
Which branch of government is responsible for creating laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
17.
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
18.
What are the first three words of the Constitution?
a)
In order to
b)
We the people
c)
Once upon a
d)
The United States
19.

US Capitol

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

The capital city of the United States is ...

a)

Washington DC

b)

New York

c)

Tallahassee

d)

London

21.

Name the territory for #3

a)

Texas Annexation

b)

Oregon Country (Territory)

c)

Florida Territory

d)

Original 13 Colonies

22.

Name the territory for # 6

a)

Northwest Territory

b)

Oregon Country (Territory)

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Mexican Cession

23.

Name the territory for #1

a)

Texas Annexation

b)

Florida Territory

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Original 13 Colonies

24.

Name the territory for #7

a)

Texas Annexation

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Oregon Country (Territory)

d)

Northwest Territory

25.

Name the territory for #5

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Texas Annexation

d)

Original 13 Colonies

26.

Name the territory for #4

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Northwest Territory

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Florida Territory

27.

Name the YEAR acquired of the territory for #5

a)

1845

b)

1819

c)

1846

d)

1853

28.
What political party did Lincoln belong to?
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Confederate
d)
Federalist
29.
This party favored annexation and slavery.  It was a strong party in Texas.
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
Know-Nothing
d)
Republican
30.
This party was against the spread of slavery, against annexation, and not strong in Texas.
a)
Democrat
b)
Whig
c)
Know-Nothing
d)
Republican
31.
This party was secretive, favored nativism, did not approve of immigration, or immigrants who practiced certain religions.
a)
Democrat
b)
Whig
c)
Know-Nothing
d)
Republican
32.
A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.
a)
a plantation owner
b)
a protester
c)
an abolitionist
33.

Based on population, business, factories, and economics...

a)

TheDemocratic South had a small advantage in the Civil War

b)

The Whig/Republican North had a small advantage in the Civil War

c)

The Democratic South had a large advantage in the Civil War

d)

The Whig/Republican North had a large advantage in the Civil War

34.

Which statement best describes how the economic systems of the North and South rely on each other?

a)

The North grew the food that the Southern slaves ate

b)

The South produced the iron used to build the Northern railroads

c)

The South grew the cotton and the North turned it into fabric in their factories

d)

The North sent the skilled laborers and immigrants to the South to help build its railroads and plantations