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WorksheetsSocial Studies SBA 3 Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins
Ports located along the Texas Coast were primarily?
Many of the cities during independence and early statehood.
Forts located in central Texas.
Trading depots located in West Texas.
Ranching Communites in the Texas Panhandle.
What was a reason for cities settling close to the Gulf of Mexico?
They were on the banks of the Nueces River.
They were near railroad lines.
They were at lower elevations.
They were close to water.
Why did the U.S. Government move American Indian Groups onto Reservations?
To adapt a policy to encourage settlement in West Texas.
To involve ranchers in decision making.
To offer settlers expensive homesteads.
To teach the Indians how to hunt Buffalo.
Mirabeau Lamar did which of the following three below?
Succeeded Sam Houston as 2nd President of the Texas Republic.
Increase military spending to drive Comanche out of Texas.
Was known as Texas's father of Education.
Bought land and became the first farmer in Texas.
What led to conflict between hearders and ranchers in Texas during the 1800's?
Fences around private land.
Colonists establishing homesteads on open plains.
Indians moving to reservations.
Economic shift from ranching to drilling.
Which three below were leaders of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
Stephen F. Austin
The end of the Civil War marked the beginning of ?
The cattle boom in Texas.
The discovery of oil.
The annexation of Texas.
The invention of the automobile.
Sam Houston Served as the following 3 of these during the Texas Revolution?
Commander of the Texas Army.
President of the Republic of Texas.
Governor of the State of Texas.
First cattle rancher in Texas.
Texas Congress agreed to the terms and voted for annexation which led to the following?
Texas becoming part of the United States.
Great Britain defending Texas from the Mexican army.
Texas making slavery illegal.
Texas becoming the Republic of Texas.
In 1863 Texas was considered which kind of state?
A Confederate State.
A Union State
A Border State
A U.S. Territory.
Mirabeau Lamar was considered "Father of Texas Education" because during his term as President of the Republic of Texas he did the following two things?
Set aside land for two universites.
Set aside land for public schools.
Set aside land for Indian Reservations.
Set aside land to build the first schoolhouse in Texas.
Advances to railroads were the most important to making towns grow during what decade?
The 1900's.
The 1800's.
The 1700's.
The 2000's
Mexico refused to recognize and independent Texas during 1836?
True
False
Who started one of the first large cattle ranches?
Richard King.
Sam Houston.
Stephen F. Austin
To gain protection from Mexico was one reason Texas ?
Wanted annexation to the United States.
Wanted to limit the influence of France.
Wanted to bring public education to Texas.
Wanted to bring cattle drives through the West.
To create a government for the Republic was the purpose of the Texas Constitution of 1836.
True
False
The purpose of the Texas Revolution was to?
Win freedom.
End slavery.
Defeat Spain.
Take over Mexico.
The people could not sell their cotton products during the Civil War when?
Northern troops blocked the port at Galveston.
They could not go on large boats.
The demand for cotton declined.
The oil products took cotton's place.
Fencing with Barbed wire helped cattle drives go from open range to market by shipping cattle on railroads.
True
False
Free enterprise activities can be the following three ?
People starting their own business.
Inventors build and sell new products.
Farming and ranching expanding.
Ranches fencing their land with barbed wire.
More American Indians were moved onto reservations as a result of?
The Red River War.
The Civil War.
The Texas Revolution.
The Texas Constitution.
