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CBA #4 Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which river separates Texas and Oklahoma?

a)

Colorado River

b)

Red River

c)

Brazos River

d)

Sabine River

2.

These were the reasons Americans fought in the Civil War:

(select two)

a)

disagreement over government power

b)

disagreement over slavery

c)

men in southern states couldn't vote

d)

there were too many states in the U.S.

3.

What was the purpose of the 13th amendment to the United States Constitution?

a)

It allowed all men to vote

b)

It allowed women to vote

c)

It put an end to slavery

d)

It divided the U.S. into the North and South

4.

What does the word 'secede' mean?

a)

to send Native Texans to a reservation

b)

to leave; to withdraw formally from membership of a federal union

c)

to join the United States

d)

to do really well on something

5.

What does the word 'reconstruction' mean as it relates to the Civil War?

a)

to free the slaves that worked on plantations

b)

to tear apart the states

c)

time period when southern Confederate states rejoined the U.S.

d)

to build new houses with profits from cotton sales

6.

What does the word 'abolish' mean?

a)

to give a grade to

b)

to make more of

c)

to formally put an end to

7.

Which amendment does this political cartoon refer to?

a)

13th

b)

1st

c)

8th

d)

10th

8.

Which are the best word choices that help the reader infer the poem is talking about slavery?

a)

brought, declares, leaving

b)

bondage, free, forced labor, shackles

c)

news, Galveston, Lincoln

d)

place, hands, here

9.

Which choice CORRECTLY names the 4 main regions of Texas according to the letters on the map shown?

a)

D. North Central Plains

C. Coastal Plains

B. Mountains and Basins

A. Great Plains

b)

A. North Central Plains

B. Coastal Plains

C. Mountains and Basins

D. Great Plains

c)

C. North Central Plains

D. Coastal Plains

A. Mountains and Basins

B. Great Plains

10.

Which invention is this advertisement referring to?

a)

grasslands

b)

railroads

c)

barbed wire

d)

cattle

11.

Who invented the item this advertisement refers to?

a)

Charles Goodnight

b)

Stephen F. Austin

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Joseph Glidden

12.

Which of these are facts represented by the Venn Diagram?

(choose two)

a)

both Charles Goodnight and Richard King were Texas cattle ranchers

b)

the King Ranch is the largest in Texas

c)

Richard King was a better rancher than Charles Goodnight

d)

working on a cattle drive was the hardest job you could ever have

13.

The purpose of cattle drives was to _______________.

a)

help the cattle herds get used to cold, snowy weather

b)

help the cattle lose weight before being sold

c)

give the cattle enough exercise

d)

distribute beef to the northern states

14.

Building railroads across Texas resulted in which of the following:

a)

quicker and cheaper distribution of goods

b)

opened more settlements and increased business in Texas and the U.S.

c)

pushed away Natives and buffalo from lands

d)

all of these

15.

Which of these is an advantage of railroads over cattle drives?

a)

it's more fun to ride on a railroad car than on a cow

b)

railroads pollute less than cattle do

c)

cattle are louder than railroads

d)

the railroad can travel no matter what weather there is

16.

Indian Wars began largely because

(pick three correct choices)

a)

Natives were being pushed off lands onto reservations

b)

the U.S. was not keeping promises in treaties,

c)

food and supplies that were promised didn't arrive

d)

Natives were unable to vote in United States elections

17.

Look at the inset map (where the arrow is pointing).

In which region did these Red River Battles take place?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

North Central Plains

18.

Which of these were effects of using barbed wire?

(choose all that apply)

a)

protected cattle and grazing land

b)

stopped the "open range" and gave ranchers more control over what their cattle ate

c)

stopped railroads from being built

d)

gave people an excuse not to talk to their neighbors

19.

Which river is shown with the letter B?

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Red River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Brazos River

20.

Which body of water is shown with the letter A?

a)

Lake Travis

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Red River

d)

Atlantic Ocean

21.

Which river is shown with the letter C?

a)

Red River

b)

Brazos River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Sabine River

22.

Which river is shown with the letter D?

a)

Sabine River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Red River

d)

Rio Grande River

23.

Which river is shown with the letter E?

a)

Red River

b)

Sabine River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Brazos River

24.

Which river is shown with the letter F?

a)

Brazos River

b)

Red River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Sabine River

25.

What is our state capital shown with a star symbol and the letter G on the map?

a)

Houston

b)

Dallas

c)

Austin

d)

El Paso

26.

Which of these was an effect of the cotton gin invention?

a)

less need for slaves

b)

increased cotton production and the need for more slaves

c)

less need for farming

d)

increased need for sharecroppers to move to the north

27.

Texas and other southern states created the Confederacy in 1861 because they _______ from the United States.

a)

seceded

b)

joined

c)

elected

d)

reserved

28.

Acccording to this map, what happened to the buffalo herds by 1889?

a)

The size of buffalo herds dwindled to much less in number

b)

The buffalo herds stayed the same size they always were

c)

The railroads didn't affect the size of buffalo herds at all

29.

Which of these is an OPINION based on the Venn Diagram?

a)

King wanted to sell beef to the Confederate Army.

b)

The King Ranch is over 825,000 acres.

c)

Charles Goodnight was more successful than Richard King.

d)

Charles Goodnight founded the JA Ranch.

30.

What is the term for cowboys leading cattle north to the railroads?

a)

cattle skip

b)

cattle jog

c)

cattle crawl

d)

cattle drive

31.

Which is the name of the city that was actually a military fort where soldiers stayed?

a)

Dallas

b)

San Antontio

c)

Fort Worth

d)

Houston

32.

Soldiers headed west in order to

a)

look for runaway slaves

b)

build adobe houses

c)

fight Natives

d)

build ships

33.

Which battle shown by this map forced the Plains Indians back onto their reservations and ended their control?

a)

Gonzales

b)

Civil War

c)

Alamo

d)

Palo Duro Canyon