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TX History Final Exam

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?

a)

Medgar Evers

b)

James Farmer, Jr.

c)

Hector P. Garcia

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

2.
What has NASA done for the state of Texas?
a)
Texans can live on Mars
b)
 Texas to grew in the aerospace industry 
c)
We travel to the moon often
d)
the moon walk
3.

Recent immigration to Texas is most likely influencing society by --

a)

overcrowding colleges in Texas

b)

creating new political parties in Texas

c)

expanding the tourist industry in Texas

d)

adding greater cultural diversity to Texas

4.

Which branch of the government makes the laws?

a)

legislative

b)

executive

c)

judicial

5.

Which branch of the government functions to carry out laws passed by the legislature?

a)

legislative

b)

executive

c)

judicial

6.

What philosophy meant that the United States was set apart to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

America's Obligation

c)

joint occupation

d)

annexation

7.

When a government branch can limit the powers of the other branches this is called the principle of ____________________.

a)

limited government

b)

federalism

c)

checks and balances

d)

popular sovereignty

8.
Defense force that tried to keep the peace along the Texas frontier
a)
Texas Rangers
b)
Redbacks
c)
Texas Navy
d)
Cabinet
9.
Which headline best describe the era of Texas during the Civil War?
a)
The Union must be preserved
b)
Texas welcomes Indians as citizens
c)
We must fight for freedom in Mexico
d)
Citizens divided on the issue of slavery
10.
The post-Civil War period from 1865-1877, the U.S. re-admitted the southern states to the Union and the federal government implemented policies affection southern states
a)
social impact
b)
Reconstruction
c)
amendment
d)
secede
11.

Who is considered the father of Texas?

a)

Stephen F. Austin

b)

Martin de Leon

c)

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

d)

Sam Houston

12.

Stephen F. Austin’s original colonists were called ____.

a)

The Old 400

b)

The Old 300

c)

Austin's Assembly

d)

The Original 300

13.
Which explorer mapped the coast of Texas in 1519?
a)
Cabeza de Vaca
b)
Pinata
c)
Pineda
d)
La Salle
14.
Who beat Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto?
a)
James Fannin
b)
William B. Travis
c)
Sam Houston
d)
Santa Anna didn't lose
15.
This flag represents which battle?
a)
Gonzales
b)
Battle of Goliad
c)
San Jacinto
d)
The Alamo
16.
Who was responsible for writing the Texas Declaration of Independence?
a)
James Fannin
b)
Santa Ana
c)
Sam Houston
d)
George Childress
17.
What river creates the border between Texas and Oklahoma?
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Red River
c)
Sabine River
d)
Trinity River
18.
What is the capital of Texas?
a)
Dallas
b)
Houston
c)
San Antonio
d)
Austin
19.
the word for conqueror in Spanish. These people were searching for 3 G's.
a)
explorer
b)
conquistador
c)
empresario
d)
tourist
20.
Government land in the United States sold for an average price of ____ per acre.
a)
12 1/2 cents
b)
12 cents
c)
one dollar and 12 cents
d)
five dollars
21.

5. History is the study of the ____.

a)

Future

b)

Past

c)

Present

22.
Who was the first President of the Republic of Texas?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Maribeau B. Lamar
c)
Anson Jones
23.
Largest City in Texas
a)
San Antonio
b)
Abilene 
c)
Houston
d)
Austin
24.

Big Bend National Park is located in which region?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Coastal Plains

25.

Who won the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

Texas

b)

Mexico

26.

What is the Event called where James fannin surrendered and all his 350 men were executed?

a)

Goliad Massacure

b)

the Alamo

c)

San Jacinto

d)

Runaway scrape

27.

Where did the final battle of the Texas Revolution happen?

a)

San Jacinto

b)

The alamo

c)

Goliad

d)

Gonzales

28.

What year did Texas gain its independence from Mexico?

a)

1519

b)

1845

c)

1836

d)

1867

29.

Which image shows what Texas looked like when it became a country?

a)
b)
c)
30.
During the 1950s, the main goal of the _____________ movement was to eliminate legal segregation from American life.
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Cold War
d)
Cuban Missile Crisis
e)
Little Rock Nine
31.
All of the following are facts of __________death: He was succeeded by Lyndon Johnson his Vice President; It happen in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963; It came almost 1,000 days into his presidency
a)
William McKinley's
b)
John F Kennedy’s
c)
Martin Luther King's
d)
Robert F Kennedy's
e)
Malcolm X's
32.
Supreme Court decision that ended segregation in public schools
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Mendez v. Westminster
d)
Texas v. Hernandez
e)
Roe v. Wade
33.
Spanish ______________ were built in Texas to claim the land and teach the Native Americans religion.
a)
missions
b)
presidios
c)
villas
d)
none of the above
34.
Sam Houston was in favor of _______________.  He wanted Texas to join the United States.
a)
annexation
b)
resolution
c)
legislature
d)
government
35.
Texas joined the ________________ during the Civil War because they supported slavery.
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
c)
United States
d)
None of the above
36.
Which ranch has more than 800,000 acres of land today?
a)
XIT Ranch
b)
Long S Ranch
c)
King Ranch
d)
JA Ranch

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