WorksheetsTexas History Unit 6 Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
Which region is Galveston located in?
Coastal Plains
Great Plains
North-Central
Mountains and Basins
What kind of natural disaster destroyed Galveston in 1900?
Hurricane
Blizzard
Typhoon
Earthquake
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 killed between 8-12 thousand people; how was the storm able to have such a devastating impact?
The people of Galveston had no warning of the incoming storm
They were trapped there and had no way of escaping
They chose to stick around to witness the destruction
They must have thought it was a much smaller storm than it actually was
What did the people of Galveston do to protect their city against future hurricanes?
Built a 17 foot seawall that was 4 miles long
Elevated buildings to protect against flood damage
Both answers are correct
What city would become the most important port city after Galveston was destroyed?
Austin
Houston
Fort Worth
Corpus Christi
What year was a major oil supply discovered in Beaumont, TX
1901
1887
1921
1933
What was the name of the oilfield in Beaumont?
Exxon
Haliburton
Spindletop Field
Teapot Dome
What major Texas city became and still serves as the center of the oil industry?
El Paso
Midland/Odessa
Houston
Round Rock
What term is used to describe a city that has a sudden increase in population due to the wide availability of oilfield jobs?
Boomtown
Growth spurt
Population growth center
City increase index
The name of the movement in which people tried to reform society and the government through wide-spread political activism is called?
Progressive Movement
Equal Rights Movement
Political Reform Era
Justice Reform
The right to vote is referred to as?
Election participation
Vote casting
Suffrage
Sabotage
In 1919, the 18th Amendment was adopted to the U.S Constitution, beginning "Prohibition". Prohibition does what?
Outlaws the selling and consumption of alcohol
Establishes 21 as the legal drinking age
Encourages responsible alcohol consumption
Heavily regulates the sale of alcohol through the Commerce Clause
The 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919 and was repealed in 1933, with the adoption of the 21st Amendment. How long was prohibition the law of the land?
21 years
18 years
14 years
Prohibition is still in practice
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
First Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Which amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol?
First
Amendment
Eighteenth
Amendment
Nineteenth
Amendment
Fifth
Amendment
What was the main goal of the Progressive Movement?
To abolish
slavery
To give
women the right to vote
To better
society through government reforms and regulation
To create
laws forcing citizens to vote
The Populist Movement was supported mainly by which group of people?
Miners
Women
African-Americans
Farmers
Preserve lands owned by small farmers
Prevent abuses by railroad companies
Increase the money in circulation
Which political group supported the demands listed above in the 1890’s?
Ku Klux Klan
Progressives
Populists
Republicans
What is a reform?
A change made to improve something
An amendment to the constitution
a group of people with similar interests
Temperence is
an amendment that outlawed alcohol
women that were seeking the right to vote
a farmer's alliance
a movement against the sale or use of alcohol
A monopoly is
a board game
when a company has complete control over an industry
when two companies fix prices for a product
a type of government with a king or queen
What is another word for "regulate"?
outlaw
control
produce
What was one of the first major progressive laws passed in Texas?
child labor laws
prohibition laws
The Progressive movement was more popular amongst which crowd?
children
urban population
rural population
women
After the discovery of oil, the population of Texas did what?
increased
decreased
Production ______________________ after the discovery of oil in Texas
Increased
Decreased
Which of the following is a correct cause-effect relationship for this era?
Reform movements led to expansion of slavery.
New inventions led to immigration to England.
Industrialism led to growth of cities.
Inventions led to reform movements.
What effect did Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts have on U.S. manufacturing?
fewer parts were needed for machines
steam engines broke down less frequently
workers could assemble machines quicker
created the assembly line
How did inventions such as the cotton gin, steel plow, steamboat, and telegraph affect the economy of the U.S.?
they increased profits and productivity
they led to the growth of labor unions
they pushed farmers to move westward
slowed down crop production
Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
Samuel Morse
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Cyrus McCormick
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Samuel Slatter
The South did not want to industrialize because
factories were too expensive.
there were no cities.
they want to keep their farming way of life.
no immigrants were immigrating to the South.
What invention was made to make spinning cotton into yarn quicker and easier?
Mechanical Reaper
Seed Drill
Sewing Machine
Spinning Jenny
The rapid growth of cities during the Industrial Revolution is referred to as:
Ruralization
Cityization
Urbanization
Suburbanization
Economic system in which people rely more on the use of machinery and technology than on human or animal power
Industrialism
Imperialism
Monarchy
Theocracy
With the development of the ____________, the demand for oil increased.
Iron Horse
refineries
derriks
automobile
___________ searched for oil by drilling holes in the ground and then abandoning them if no oil was found.
Boomers
Farmers
Trail bosses
Wildcatters
