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Why is 1861 important in Texas and U.S. History?
It was the year Texas became a republic
It was the start of the Civil War
It was the end of the Texas Republic
Texas was annexed by the United States
Which of the following is NOT a way that the growth of the railroads affected Texas?
It allowed cattle and crops to find northern markets
It opened the way for industrialization
It brought fast, reliable transportation
It eliminated the need for cowboys
The FIRST oil discovered in Texas was near the present day city of Beaumont and was called
Brindle Mountain
Spindletop
Wildcat
Big Sabine
What conclusion can be drawn about wind energy in Texas?
Texas plans to build wind farms the state
Texas leads the nation in generating wind energy
Wind farms are highly profitable in Texas
soon be more wind farms in gulf than plains
Why did Texas continue to fight the Civil War after General Robert E. Lee surrendered?
It wanted Union to agree to terms about slavery
It took a long time for the news to reach Texas
It did not believe Lee had actually surrendered
It refused to accept Lee’s authority to make peace w/ union
Which of the following factors was considered the biggest threat to the institution of slavery in Texas?
The Committee of Public Safety’s steps to seize federal prop
Sam Houston’s refusal allegiance to confederacy
Secessionist leader William P. Rogers’s speeches
The election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency
Texas women won full voting rights in 1919 as a direct result of which measure?
The Reconstruction Constitution
A Texas referendum
Lobbying by Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
People who supported the nineteenth-century social, economic, and political reform movements in Texas and throughout the United States are best known as -
Evangelicals
Progressives
Pessimists
Grangers
The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution and the first article of the Texas Constitution
Describe a system of checks and balances among the branches
Establish a republican form of government
Establish a separation of powers among the branches of govt
Contain a Bill of Rights protecting the individual rights
Before the Civil War, only 25 percent of Texas families owned slaves. Yet most nineteenth-century Texans opposed any interference with the institution of slavery because -
they might eventually owned slaves as well
outlawing slavery interfered with states’ rights
slavery was necessary for continued economic growth
slavery was necessary for the development of strong military
Economic growth in Texas after World War I was mostly the result of which industry?
Lumber
Oil
Ranching
Cotton
Texas politicians embraced which political solution to the Great Depression?
Social Realism
Reconstruction
Rationing
The New Deal
The principle of checks and balances is best reflected in which of the following?
legislation to pass a budget
Texas House of Representatives to impeach the governor
judicial branch to appoint new judges
people of Texas to amend the state’s constitution
What did the Texas cities of Houston, Corpus Christi, and Beaumont have in common?
They grew as a result of railroad development
They are all located in northern Texas
They were all originally Spanish language terms
They grew as a result of the oil industry
In the 1930s, physical factors, such as extremely high temperatures and severe droughts, led to the Dust Bowl. What human factors also contributed to this natural disaster?
Farmers over planted their crops
Farmers dug too many wells for irrigation
Farmers did not harvest enough of their crops
Farmers fenced in their lands
How did United States involvement in World War II result in economic growth for Texas?
It caused the government to demand higher quality goods
It reduced the availability of raw materials
It increased demand for oil, cotton, food, and lumber
It inspired workers to become more dedicated
