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WorksheetsSS Review quizz 3
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following is true about Republic of Texas President Anson Jones?
He served until Texas became a state
He moved the capital from Houston to Austin
He held office as president three times in a row.
He designed the first Lone Star flag with a blue star
Who was the Colonel of the Texian Cavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto and known as the "Father of Texas Education"?
José Antonio Navarro
Sam Houston
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Anson Jones
Which statement BEST describes one of the successes of the Republic of Texas?
it establishes a written constitution
it gave all people the same freedoms
it stopped immigrants from coming to Texas
it made slavery illegal
According to the timeline, how many months passed from the victory at San Jacinto to the election of Sam Houston as the first president of Texas?
less than one month
more than one month
more than four months
more than five months
How did the war with Mexico impact the United States?
It led to Texas Independence
It made Mexico a trustworthy ally
It strengthened the United States Navy
It gave more land to the United States
How did Barbara Jordan model active participation in the democratic process?
She was the first African American woman elected to the Texas Senate.
She was the first African American woman from a southern state to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
She was the first African-American, as well as the first woman, to deliver a keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
All of the above
What was one of the primary strategies used by Federal forces to weaken the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Use of blockading fleets along the coasts
Building more railroads
Increasing the number of soldiers
Forming alliances with other countries
What was the humorous name given to General Winfield Scott's plan to cut off supplies to the southern states?
Scott's Great Snake
Scott's Big Bear
Scott's Mighty Eagle
Scott's Fast Fox
What did Scott’s “Anaconda Plan” aim to do to the southern states?
Encourage trade with other countries
Strangle the southern states by cutting off supplies
Build new cities in the south
Increase cotton exports
What impact did the “Anaconda Plan” have on Texas during the Civil War?
Union ships set up blockades along the Texas coast, in an effort to prevent Texas from important and exporting goods.
Union ships set up blockades along the Texas coast, which forced Texas to secede from the Union
Union ships set up blockades along the Texas coast, in an effort to prevent the Texas Rangers from fighting in the Civil War
Union ships set up blockades along Texas coast, which forced Texas' annexation to Mexico.
What impact did Reconstruction have on the economy of Texas?
Texans were unable to produce or export cotton
Texans had to declare that secession from the Union was illegal
Texans could no longer own or use enslaved people
Texans established Black Codes prohibiting sharecropping
How did the government of Texas change during Reconstruction?
it became an independent state
it became a confederate state
it became a state in the United States
How did Charles Goodnight contribute to the cattle industry?
He blazed a trail for getting cattle to the North
He created the largest ranch in Texas
He invented a new type of cattle feed
He started the first cattle auction
What Charles Goodnight did he develop ways of?
Fencing herds
Building houses
Painting landscapes
Growing crops
Which industry did Lizzie Johnson help develop in Texas?
Cattle ranching
Oil drilling
Cotton farming
Railroad construction
What effect did the railroad industry have on life in Texas?
The population of Texas
Businesses could ship and receive goods quickly
The weather patterns changed
People stopped using horses
Which of these describes a result of the Red River War?
Chief Quanah leads attacks on Anglo buffalo hunters.
Plains Indians are forced to move to the reservation in the Indian Territory
The United States and Plains Indians divide the hunting grounds
The United States agrees to keep settlers and hunters out of the Indian land in Texas
Why do Texans celebrate Texas Independence Day on March 2?
To remember the day in 1835 when the Texas Revolution began
To remember the day in 1835 when General COS surrendered San Antonio
To remember the day in 1836 when delegates met at Washington-on-the-Brazos
To remember the day in 1836 when the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed
