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Texas History Unit 6 Test Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region is Galveston located in?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

North-Central

d)

Mountains and Basins

2.

What kind of natural disaster destroyed Galveston in 1900?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Blizzard

c)

Typhoon

d)

Earthquake

3.

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 killed between 8-12 thousand people; how was the storm able to have such a devastating impact?

a)

The people of Galveston had no warning of the incoming storm

b)

They were trapped there and had no way of escaping

c)

They chose to stick around to witness the destruction

d)

They must have thought it was a much smaller storm than it actually was

4.

What did the people of Galveston do to protect their city against future hurricanes?

a)

Built a 17 foot seawall that was 4 miles long

b)

Elevated buildings to protect against flood damage

c)

Both answers are correct

5.

What city would become the most important port city after Galveston was destroyed?

a)

Austin

b)

Houston

c)

Fort Worth

d)

Corpus Christi

6.

What year was a major oil supply discovered in Beaumont, TX

a)

1901

b)

1887

c)

1921

d)

1933

7.

What was the name of the oilfield in Beaumont?

a)

Exxon

b)

Haliburton

c)

Spindletop Field

d)

Teapot Dome

8.

What major Texas city became and still serves as the center of the oil industry?

a)

El Paso

b)

Midland/Odessa

c)

Houston

d)

Round Rock

9.

What term is used to describe a city that has a sudden increase in population due to the wide availability of oilfield jobs?

a)

Boomtown

b)

Growth spurt

c)

Population growth center

d)

City increase index

10.

The name of the movement in which people tried to reform society and the government through wide-spread political activism is called?

a)

Progressive Movement

b)

Equal Rights Movement

c)

Political Reform Era

d)

Justice Reform

11.

The right to vote is referred to as?

a)

Election participation

b)

Vote casting

c)

Suffrage

d)

Sabotage

12.

In 1919, the 18th Amendment was adopted to the U.S Constitution, beginning "Prohibition". Prohibition does what?

a)

Outlaws the selling and consumption of alcohol

b)

Establishes 21 as the legal drinking age

c)

Encourages responsible alcohol consumption

d)

Heavily regulates the sale of alcohol through the Commerce Clause

13.

The 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919 and was repealed in 1933, with the adoption of the 21st Amendment.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?

a)

21 years

b)

18 years

c)

14 years

d)

Prohibition is still in practice

14.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

First Amendment

b)

Eighteenth Amendment

c)

Nineteenth Amendment

d)

Fifth Amendment

15.

Which amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol?

a)

First

Amendment

b)

Eighteenth

Amendment

c)

Nineteenth

Amendment

d)

Fifth

Amendment

16.

What was the main goal of the Progressive Movement?

a)

To abolish

slavery

b)

To give

women the right to vote

c)

To better

society through government reforms and regulation

d)

To create

laws forcing citizens to vote

17.

The Populist Movement was supported mainly by which group of people?

a)

Miners

b)

Women

c)

African-Americans

d)

Farmers

18.

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?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Progressives

c)

Populists

d)

Republicans

19.

What is a reform?

a)

A change made to improve something

b)

An amendment to the constitution

c)

a group of people with similar interests

20.

Temperence is

a)

an amendment that outlawed alcohol

b)

women that were seeking the right to vote

c)

a farmer's alliance

d)

a movement against the sale or use of alcohol

21.

A monopoly is

a)

a board game

b)

when a company has complete control over an industry

c)

when two companies fix prices for a product

d)

a type of government with a king or queen

22.

What is another word for "regulate"?

a)

outlaw

b)

control

c)

produce

23.

What was one of the first major progressive laws passed in Texas?

a)

child labor laws

b)

prohibition laws

24.

The Progressive movement was more popular amongst which crowd?

a)

children

b)

urban population

c)

rural population

d)

women

25.

After the discovery of oil, the population of Texas did what?

a)

increased

b)

decreased

26.

Production ______________________ after the discovery of oil in Texas

a)

Increased

b)

Decreased

27.
Why were boomtowns dangerous?
a)
Dirty & crime
b)
Noisy & overcrowded
c)
Deadly expanding gas fumes
d)
All of the above
28.
Why is Spindletop significant to the history of TX?
a)
First gusher of oil in TX; started oil boom in TX
b)
Allowed the cotton industry to thrive
c)
Had no effect on the economy of TX
d)
Allowed cities like Austin and San Antonio to become oil boomtowns
29.

Which of the following is a correct cause-effect relationship for this era?

a)

Reform movements led to expansion of slavery.

b)

New inventions led to immigration to England.

c)

Industrialism led to growth of cities.

d)

Inventions led to reform movements.

30.

What effect did Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts have on U.S. manufacturing?

a)

fewer parts were needed for machines

b)

steam engines broke down less frequently

c)

workers could assemble machines quicker

d)

created the assembly line

31.

How did inventions such as the cotton gin, steel plow, steamboat, and telegraph affect the economy of the U.S.?

a)

they increased profits and productivity

b)

they led to the growth of labor unions

c)

they pushed farmers to move westward

d)

slowed down crop production

32.

Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

John Deere

d)

Cyrus McCormick

33.

Who invented the telegraph?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

John Deere

d)

Samuel Slatter

34.

The South did not want to industrialize because

a)

factories were too expensive.

b)

there were no cities.

c)

they want to keep their farming way of life.

d)

no immigrants were immigrating to the South.

35.

What invention was made to make spinning cotton into yarn quicker and easier?

a)

Mechanical Reaper

b)

Seed Drill

c)

Sewing Machine

d)

Spinning Jenny

36.

The rapid growth of cities during the Industrial Revolution is referred to as:

a)

Ruralization

b)

Cityization

c)

Urbanization

d)

Suburbanization

37.

Economic system in which people rely more on the use of machinery and technology than on human or animal power

a)

Industrialism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Monarchy

d)

Theocracy

38.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
39.

With the development of the ____________, the demand for oil increased.

a)

Iron Horse

b)

refineries

c)

derriks

d)

automobile

40.

___________ searched for oil by drilling holes in the ground and then abandoning them if no oil was found.

a)

Boomers

b)

Farmers

c)

Trail bosses

d)

Wildcatters