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UIL 7-8 SS REVIEW 2023

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How is states’ rights defined?

a)

Economic principle that states that if supply is greater than demand, prices fall, but if demand is greater than supply, prices rise.

b)

The interdependence of the nations of the world that has been created as goods, ideas, and people move across the globe.

c)

Rights held by states that place limits on the implied powers of the federal government over state governments.

d)

Formal joining of one political region to another

2.

Why did the North want to increase tariffs?

a)

Safeguard farms

b)

To protect its industries

c)

To decrease immigration

d)

Lower the national debt

3.

How did the Civil War affect the economy of Texas?

a)

Expanded Industries increased the variety of products.

b)

New transportation routes prevented a disruption in trade.

c)

Provided new sources for products

d)

Naval blockade prevented trade causing hardship

4.

What were some of the social effects of Reconstruction on Texas?

a)

Improved education, civil rights and positions of political power for African Americans

b)

Decreased number of industrial jobs

c)

Fewer colleges and universities

d)

Religious movement spread throughout the state.

5.

Why did some Confederate forces continue to fight after Lee’s surrender?

a)

Increased migration from the North

b)

Thought winning the war was still possible.

c)

Because of an agreement with Great Britain

d)

To obtain mineral resources in Texas

6.

_____ was elected Governor of Texas in 1861 only to join the Confederate army in 1863.

a)

Francis Lubbock

b)

James Throckmorton

c)

Richard Coke

d)

Elisha Pease

7.

Who received a special medal for his actions in the Confederate victory at Sabine Pass?

a)

Lawrence Ross

b)

Felix Robertson

c)

John Wharton

d)

Dick Dowling

8.

Which natural region includes the Neches, Sabine and Trinity Rivers as well as Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn Reservoirs?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

North Central Plains

9.

What noticeable feature in the Great Plains is a hard bed of rock below the soil?

a)

Caprock

b)

Davis Mountains

c)

Hueco Tanks State Historical Park

d)

Spindletop Hill

10.

Which ranch is the largest one on the South Texas Plain, stretching for more than 1 million acres?

a)

XIT Ranch

b)

Circle L Ranch

c)

JA Ranch

d)

King Ranch

11.

What city replaces the question mark?

a)

Austin

b)

El Paso

c)

Fort Worth

d)

Midland

12.

What action did Olmsted suggest Texans take to modify the environment?

a)

Build industry

b)

Construct fewer homes

c)

Farm the land

d)

Build highways

13.

Which new technology helped increase ranching and farming in dry West Texas?

a)

Solar farms

b)

Looms

c)

Metal fence posts

d)

Windmills

14.

Who has these duties and powers?

a)

Senate

b)

County Judge

c)

House of Representatives

d)

Mayor

15.

What is the function of the court system?

a)

Enforce the laws passed by the legislature

b)

Decide legal cases by interpreting and applying the law

c)

Pass laws

d)

Educate the youth

16.

What makes up about 55 percent of the state’s tax revenue?

a)

Bonds

b)

License fees

c)

Sales tax

d)

Motor fuels tax

17.

When did the last land action of the Civil War take place?

a)

April 5, 1864

b)

May 13, 1865

c)

February 2. 1863

d)

September 19, 1863

18.

Where did the last land action of the Civil War take place?

a)

Palmito Ranch

b)

Red River

c)

Galveston

d)

Sabine Pass

19.

What did the Proclamations of the 15th and 19th of April 1861 by the President of the United States declare?

a)

The first formal proposal to unite the American colonies

b)

Border dispute between New Mexico and Texas was settled

c)

This law offered 160 acres of land free to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for five years

d)

Laws of the United States were opposed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas

20.

How was the term writ of habeas corpus defined in this selection?

a)

Grant nationality

b)

A law that required men to serve in the military or be drafted

c)

To bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court to determine if a person’s imprisonment or detention is lawful

d)

Protected a family’s home and up to 50 acres of land from seizure for debts

21.

According to the Proclamation dated April 2, 1866, what was the only state where there was armed resistance to the authority of the United States?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Texas

c)

Virginia

d)

California

22.

Who was to ratify the Texas Ordinance of Secession for it to take effect?

a)

Texas Senate

b)

Governor of Texas

c)

People of Texas

d)

Only citizens of Austin

23.

Which District of Texas was to hold their election on the Ordinance of Secession on February 19, 1861?

a)

El Paso

b)

Goliad

c)

Nacogdoches

d)

Victoria

24.

When, if ratified, would the Texas Ordinance of Secession take effect and be in force?

a)

February 23, 1861

b)

March 30, 1861

c)

February 19, 1861

d)

March 2, 1861

25.

What is sectionalism?

a)

The placing of the interests of one’s own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole

b)

Seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities and to correct injustices in American life.

c)

Belief that government should be based on the consent of the people.

d)

The policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political or military control over weaker nations or territories

26.

What elected office replaces the question mark about Ulysses S. Grant?

a)

Senator from Ohio

b)

President of the United States

c)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

d)

President of the Confederacy

27.

Why might Lincoln have been disappointed after the Union victory at Gettysburg?

a)

Lee was able to furnish his troops with shoes from a store in Gettysburg

b)

Union fleet was sunk

c)

Because General Meade did not finish off the army of General Lee

d)

Southern troops cut off supplies to the Union forces.

28.

What was the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River?

a)

Stones River

b)

Shiloh

c)

Chickamauga

d)

Vicksburg

29.

Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

a)

Library of Congress

b)

Ford’s Theatre

c)

Smithsonian Institute

d)

Adams House

30.

Who are sharecroppers?

a)

Farmers who lacked land and necessary supplies and they promised a large part of the crop to the landowner in exchange for these items

b)

People who rent land to grow crops

c)

Oil operators who worked on their own in search of new fields

d)

One who herds or cares for livestock on the range

31.

Starting in the 1660s, why did planters turn to slavery to work the plantations?

a)

Immigrants came in large numbers

b)

Children were no longer needed to work for families to be able to pay rent and buy food

c)

Indentured white servants started to leave the plantations

d)

Indentured white servants started to leave the plantations

32.

Where did these actions cause the most severe food shortages?

a)

North

b)

Midwest

c)

West

d)

South

33.

How did the North deal with the problem of inflation?

a)

People took advantage of wartime demand and sold goods for high prices

b)

Sold goods to Europe at lower prices

c)

Instituted a rebate program for goods sold

d)

Lower taxes

34.

Which debate in the United States Senate over the Doctrine of Nullification is considered one of the greatest debates in American history?

a)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

b)

Webster-Hayne Debate

c)

Kennedy-Nixon Debate

d)

Jefferson-Hamilton Debate

35.

What is the location of these bodies of water that replaces the question mark?

a)

Water sources in Brazil

b)

Called the African Straits

c)

Important waterways in Turkey

d)

Largest water sources in Australia

36.

Where is Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, which attracts thousands of climbers and hikers each year?

a)

Chile

b)

Belgium

c)

Congo

d)

Nepal

37.

What tiny country lies within the Italian “boot”?

a)

Cyprus

b)

San Marino

c)

Crete

d)

Belize

38.

Which African nation is one of the world’s major oil-producing countries while more than one-third of its people lack jobs and live in poverty?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Luxembourg

c)

Nigeria

d)

Pakistan

39.

What North American Free Trade Agreement nation has cheap labor that could encourage many manufacturers to move their businesses there?

a)

Canada

b)

Columbia

c)

United States

d)

Mexico

40.

Which people, who were nomads raising camels and other livestock, have been forced to settle on farms that engineers have made profitable by a large irrigation and shipping canal?

a)

Turkmenistan

b)

Siberia

c)

France

d)

Cuba

41.

What event is the President addressing in this quote?

a)

Era of Good Feelings

b)

Great Depression

c)

Great Awakening

d)

Cold War

42.

Where did people rush to sell their stocks in October of 1929?

a)

Chicago Stockyards

b)

Detroit Stock Exchange

c)

New York Stock Exchange

d)

Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association

43.

What factor that helped lead to the Dust Bowl finishes the chart?

a)

Drought struck the region

b)

Oil finds increased the economy

c)

Increased population in area

d)

Numerous highways built in area.

44.

Who was given more authority to regulate the oil industry in Texas as the oil crisis deepened?

a)

Office of Budget and Planning

b)

Texas Board of Education

c)

General Land Office

d)

Railroad Commission

45.

Which New Deal program created jobs for Texans by building bridges, dams and roads?

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps

b)

Rural Electrification Administration

c)

National Youth Administration

d)

Soil Conservation Service

46.

What event occurred during this time period?

a)

Stono Rebellion

b)

World War II

c)

World War I

d)

Korea War

47.

Who was the sailor from Waco awarded the Navy Cross for his efforts in defending his ship during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor?

a)

Huddie Ledbetter

b)

Bose Ikard

c)

John Rayner

d)

Doris Miller

48.

How did physical factors combine with human factors- like farming- to cause the Dust Bowl?

a)

Farmers planted trees to anchor the soil

b)

New techniques in farming, like terracing, caused soil erosion

c)

Farmers removed the native grasses that held the soil in place

d)

Underground water resources provided moisture for crops.

49.

Where were farmers most affected by the Dust Bowl?

a)

Northeastern states

b)

Some of the Pacific states

c)

The Great Plains

d)

Southeastern states

50.

How did new technology change farm life in the early 1900s?

a)

Decreased the number of farmers.

b)

Allowed farmers to grow more crops.

c)

Decreased leisure activities.

d)

Fewer varieties of seeds were developed.

51.

What title finishes the chart?

a)

Industrialization of Texas

b)

Agricultural Texas

c)

Rural Texas

d)

Urbanization of Texas

52.

The Sunbelt was involved in a new trend of growth that began in the mid-1900s. Where is the Sunbelt?

a)

South and the Southwest

b)

Northern states

c)

Western states

d)

Pacific Northwest

53.

Which Eli Whitney invention spurred cotton farming across the southern United States?

a)

Gristmills

b)

Plows

c)

Threshers

d)

Cotton gin

54.

Some Texas oil companies began to use a business strategy called vertical integration. What is vertical integration?

a)

Owning many businesses in a particular field

b)

Owning the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process

c)

Companies that sell shares of ownership to investors to raise money

d)

Businesses owned and operated for the benefit of the members of an organization

55.

How did Spaniards living in the San Antonio area modify their environment?

a)

Built a system to irrigate crops

b)

Drilled for oil

c)

Mined silver in the area

d)

Decreased the use of fire to clear land

56.

What scientific innovation occurred in the mid-1800s, and how did that affect Texas?

a)

Automobile invented, decreased demand for oil

b)

Increased use of commercial airways, decreased demand for oil

c)

Scientists discovered kerosene could be made from oil, increased demand for oil

d)

New kitchen appliances, decreased demand for oil

57.

Where did Nimitz develop his prototype for the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps?

a)

University of California at Berkeley

b)

Texas A&M University

c)

United States Military Academy

d)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

58.

During World War II, which event helped to restore United States confidence?

a)

Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

Victories in the Coral Sea and at Midway Island

c)

Evacuation of Dunkirk

d)

Russians solve problem of trench warfare

59.

Who did Nimitz succeed as commander-in-chief of the United States Fleet on December 15, 1945?

a)

Admiral George Dewey

b)

Admiral David Farragut

c)

Admiral Ernst King

d)

Henry Mayo

60.

Where was John Nance Garner born?

a)

Austin, Texas

b)

Nashville, Tennessee

c)

Detroit, Michigan

d)

Detroit, Texas

61.

What appeared to be Garner’s main effort during his years in the Texas legislature?

a)

A bridge over the Red River

b)

A highway between Fort Worth and Dallas

c)

The seawall in Galveston

d)

A federal building for Eagle Pass

62.

How did Franklin D. Roosevelt become indebted to Garner and the State of Texas?

a)

Texas had the most financial contributors to his campaign

b)

Garner gave his votes to him on the fourth ballot at the Presidential convention

c)

Most of his cabinet came from Texas

d)

Large numbers of soldiers volunteered from Texas.