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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 1. What was the Peace Party? (7.5a)
a. a group of Texans who believed that all wars were unnecessary and refused to participate
in the Civil War
a political party in the Confederacy that wanted to talk through the problems with the
Union instead of fighting
c. a group of people in North Texas who were secretly Union supporters
d. a political party in the Union that started peace talks with the Confederacy
b.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5a
2. The Republican Party was formed in 1854 to (7.5a)
a. promote business interests in the Northeast
b. stop the western spread of slavery.
c. promote the interests of industrial workers.
d. all of the above
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5a
3. Before the presidential election of 1860, Southerners threatened to secede if (7.5a)
a. slavery was not allowed in the northern states.
b. all newly admitted states were not slave states.
c. a Whig did not win the election.
d. a Republican won the election.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5A
4. When Texas joined the other Southern states in seceding from the Union, (7.5a)
a. Sam Houston refused to continue serving as governor.
b. all exports from the state were stopped.
c. a volunteer army was immediately formed.
d. the Texas Supreme Court approved the secession.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5A
5. Most of the fighting in Texas centered on (7.5b)
a. Union troops attempting to capture San Antonio.
b. the struggle for control of the High Plains.
c. freeing Louisiana from Union occupation.
d. Confederate efforts to keep Texas ports open.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
6. Which of these was not a result of the Civil War in Texas? (7.5b)
a. Federal forces no longer protected frontier settlers from Native American raids.
b. Hood’s Texas Brigade was sent to Virginia to fight.
c. Some Texans were drafted into the military.
d. One Texas unit helped protect Washington, D.C., from invasion.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
7. Texas’s economy was badly damaged when (7.5b)
a.
b.
c.
d.
Union victories closed land routes to the Confederacy.
the Battle of Sabine Pass resulted in the loss of warships.
cotton fields were destroyed during Civil War battles.
Union solders closed the frontier to new settlers.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
8. What occurred during the convention that was held in Austin on January 28, 1861? (7.5a)
a. Delegates voted to impeach Governor Sam Houston.
b. Delegates voted to adopt an ordinance of secession.
c. Delegates approved a declaration of war on the Union.
d. Delegates approved changes to the Constitution of 1845.
ANS: B
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5A
9. What was Sam Houston’s goal in 1860? (7.5a)
a. to keep Texas from seceding
b. to become president of the Confederacy
c. to retire to his home in Huntsville
d. to prevent Abraham Lincoln’s election
ANS: A
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5A
10. What did Texas provide for the war effort? (7.5b)
a. horses
b. food
c. weapons
d. all of the above
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
11. What is the significance of Palmito Ranch? (7.5b)
a. It was the site of the last Civil War battle.
b. It served as a camp for prisoners of war.
c. It was the farthest point south that Union troops advanced.
d. It served as a weapons factory during the Civil War.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
12. Which of the following is true of the Constitution of 1876? (7.6a)
a. It set aside land grants for education.
b. It limited property tax percentages
c. It made the Black Codes law again.
d. all of the above
ANS: A
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
13. Which of the following requirements was included in President Andrew Johnson’s plan for
Reconstruction? (7.5b)
a. Former Confederate states had to pay back all war debts.
b. Former Confederate soldiers would not be allowed to vote in national elections.
c. Former Confederate states had to declare that their secession had been illegal.
d. all of the above
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 75B
14. What happened in 1863 after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation? (7.5b)
a. Word spread quickly, and enslaved people immediately left their owners.
b. n the South, the Confederacy decided to ignore the order.
c. Freed slaves came to the Freedmen’s Bureau in Washington, D.C., to find jobs.
d. Large numbers of Confederate soldiers deserted their units and joined the Union army.
ANS: B
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
15. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was passed in response to (7.5b)
a. President Johnson’s dissatisfaction with Congress’s approach to Reconstruction.
b. pressure from the public to delay readmitting former Confederate states.
c. the fear that the Southern states would secede again
d. most Southern states’ refusal to approve the Fourteenth Amendment.
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
16. Which of the following is true of the Texas Constitution of 1876? (7.5b)
a. It allowed the legislature to meet only every other year.
b. It added stricter voting requirements.
c. It gave the governor’s powers to the lieutenant governor.
d. It could not be amended.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
17. What did political reconstruction require the people of the South to do? (7.5b)
a. reorganize the old Confederate government under martial law
b. develop a new political party acceptable to Northerners
c. rebuild the state capitals that were destroyed during the war
d. write new constitutions that rejected secession and ended slavery
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
18. Radical Republicans saw Reconstruction as a way to (7.5b)
a. punish Southerners and reorganize the South.
b. welcome all Southern citizens back into the Union.
c. create an economic system based on federal funding.
d. reward businessmen for their wartime support.
ANS: A
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
19. What event marked the end of Reconstruction in Texas? (7.5b)
a. The state capitol building was rebuilt.
b. South Carolina was readmitted to the Union.
c. Edmund Davis was defeated in the race for governor.
d. Andrew Johnson finished his term as president.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
20. In 1867 Congress drew up a plan for Reconstruction that protected the rights of African
Americans and (7.5b)
a. reduced the number of U.S. Representatives from Southern states.
b. forgave the public debt of the Union.
c. limited the roles of former Confederate leaders.
d. eliminated all Southern military facilities.
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
21. What was one duty of the troops assigned to Texas during military rule? (7.5b)
a. to register only people loyal to the Union as voters
b. to arrest anyone who did not support Governor Davis
c. to identify Ku Klux Klan members and imprison them
d. to seize the property of former slave owners
ANS: A
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
22. Texas was finally readmitted to the Union when (7.5b)
a. Confederate leaders who had been hiding in the state surrendered.
b. Native Texans were given the territory they had originally claimed.
c. the state legislature ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
d. Governor Davis admitted his defeat and Richard Coke took office.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
23. One major contribution of the Freedmen’s Bureau was (7.5b)
a. the creation of schools for African American children.
b. the development of free-trade zones in the inner cities.
c. the option for African Americans to take public transportation.
d. the organization of public works projects that employed many former slaves.
ANS: A
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
24. During the Constitutional Convention of 1868–1869, some Texans wanted to (7.5b)
a. declare the state a republic again.
b. change the economy to be more like that of the North.
c. eliminate the executive branch of government.
d. divide the state into several parts.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
25. Why did so many people who lived in the former Confederacy have economic problems? (7.5b)
a. They owed money to banks for loans they took out during the war.
b. They could no longer sell cash crops to foreign countries.
c. The Confederate money was worthless after the war was over.
d. The Union army stole their valuables when military rule was established.
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
26. Which of the following best describes the Constitution of 1866? (7.5b)
a. It was basically the prewar constitution with a series of amendments.
b. It was a completely new constitution that addressed civil rights issues.
c. It was based on the old Mexican constitution and the Constitution of Louisiana.
d. It was the same as the Constitution of 1845 with the addition of the Thirteenth
Amendment.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
27. Which of the following is not a reason that the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek failed? (7.6a)
a. Some Native Americans refused to move onto reservations.
b. President Grant declared that treaties with Native Americans were no longer going
to be recognized.
c. The U.S. government failed to keep its promises.
d. Buffalo hunters and outlaws were allowed to enter reservations to hunt.
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6A
28. African American troops who protected many of the frontier forts were called (7.6A)
a. buffalo soldiers.
b. buffalo hunters.
c. Texas Rangers.
d. Union soldiers
ANS: A
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
29. Buffalo hunters killed buffalo primarily for their (7.6a)
a. horns.
b. hides.
c. meat.
d. hooves
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
30. The policy that called for fair treatment and respect for the Native American way of life was
called the (7.6a)
a. Ulysses S. Grant Peace Policy.
b. Indian Peace Policy.
c. Golden Rule.
d. Quaker Peace Policy.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
31. Why did Texas settlers become easy targets for the Native Americans after the Civil War
began? (7.6a)
a. Soldiers left Texas to fight in the Civil War.
b. Native Americans started using better weapons.
c. The settlers had to turn over all their weapons to the army.
d. The Union army began training the Native Americans.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6A
32. After President Grant’s peace policies failed, what did the U.S. government decide to do
regarding the Native Americans? (7.6a)
a. leave them alone
b. give them half of the settlers’ land
c. remove them from the frontier
d. let them draw up their own policies
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
33. Which of these eventually forced the Comanches and Kiowas onto the reservations? (7.6a)
a. extremely cold weather in the Palo Duro Canyon
b. destruction of their homes, food, horses, and the buffalo
c. lasting peace treaties with the U.S. government
d. the arrest of the Native American chiefs
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
34. Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek is not true? (7.6a)
a. The treaty established 3 million acres of land for reservations.
b. Quanah Parker signed the treaty and encouraged others to support it.
c. The government promised to send food and supplies to the reservations
d. The treaty stated that Native Americans would move to reservations and stop raiding
settlements.
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A7.6
35. Which group was reestablished in 1874 to defend the frontier in Texas? (7.6a)
a. the buffalo soldiers
b. the Frontier Regiment
c. the Confederate Army
d. the Texas Rangers
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
36. Which of these was a reason that cattle owners branded their cattle? (7.6a)
a. The brand prevented cattle from catching Texas fever.
b. Cattle thieves would not steal branded cattle.
c. Unbranded cattle could be claimed by anyone.
d. Only branded cattle could be sold for beef.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
37. All of the following were geographic features that favored the growth of the cattle industry in Texas
except (7.6a)
a. the dry, warm climate
b. prairies with room to roam.
c. an endless supply of grasses.
d. mountainous terrain.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
38. What was the main reason that ranchers began to raise cattle for products other than beef? (7.6a)
a. People were becoming vegetarians
b. The cost of transport was very high
c. Farmers were complaining about damaged crops.
d. The Civil War ended.
ANS: B
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6A
39. Which of these would have been most likely to bias people with antislavery views in the Northeast
against the annexation of Texas by the United States? (7.5b)
a. pamphlet describing life on a large cotton plantation in Texas
b. a newspaper article telling that every family in Texas owns hundreds of slaves
c. a free African American describing his farm in Texas
d. a political cartoon showing Texas as oversized compared with the rest of the United
States
ANS: B
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question
40. What event in Texas history belongs in the center box? (7.6a)
a. Texas secedes from the United States.
b. Native Americans are forced to live on reservations in Indian Territory.
c. Reconstruction ends.
d. The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek is established.
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
Use the information in the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following
question
41. Why did the United States enter World War I in 1917? (7.7d)
a. The United States wanted to help the Allies win the war.
b. Pancho Villa attacked Americans in Mexico.
c. Germany attacked the United States.
d. The United States felt threatened by Germany.
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 7.7D
42. Which group was reestablished in 1874 to defend the frontier in Texas? (7.6a)
a. Buffalo soldiers
b. Texas Rangers
c. Confederate army
d. Frontier Regiment
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
43. Which statement represents the point of view of Ottilie Fuchs Goeth? (7.6a)
a. She felt the children could safely play wherever they wanted.
b. She thought living on Cypress Creek in Blanco County was pleasant.
c. She felt the Native Americans could be treated as trusted friends
d. She thought the families were not safe from the Native Americans.
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6A7.6
Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question below
44. Which additional category could best fit with the information in the table? (7.6a)
a. People Working in Retail Trade
b. Acres Used for Grazing
c. Projected Growth for 2020
d. Annual Rainfall
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6A7.6
Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer
the following question.
45. Which amendment included all of the provisions listed in the box? (7.5b)
a. Nineteenth Amendment
b. Thirteenth Amendment
c. Fifteenth Amendment
d. Fourteenth Amendment
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
46. In most parts of the South, free African Americans — (7.5b)
a. could easily find work in factories that slaves were not allowed to take
b. risked being sold into slavery if they associated with slaves
c. had to work in plantations under the same conditions as slaves
d. like slaves, were not able to vote or get an education
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
Use the maps and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
47. Which states had the highest percentage of slaves and major cotton production? (7.5b)
a. Florida, South Carolina, and Arkansas
b. Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
c. Texas, Louisiana, and Tennessee
d. Virginia, North Carolina, and Arkansas
ANS: B
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
Use the flowchart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
48. What is the flowchart about? (7.6a)
a. Sharecroppers plant and harvest crops.
b. The cycle of sharecropping causes landowners to get into debt, leading them to poverty.
c. The cycle of sharecropping causes sharecroppers to get into debt, leading them to
poverty.
d. Landowners give sharecroppers crops to sell.
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6A
Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the
following question.
49. What economic development do the conditions listed in the box help to explain? (7.6a)
a. Cotton’s becoming a cash crop
b. Oil boom
c. Success of lumber industry
d. Spread of ranching
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6A
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
50. The passage describes life on an eighteenth-century plantation. According to George Mason, how did
enslaved persons contribute to life in the South? (7.5b)
a. They worked in the fields raising food for the people of the plantation.
b. They looked after the planter’s family and guests.
c. They explored the woods and areas around plantations for useful products.
d. They performed many different skilled economic activities in the community
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
51. Which of the following is a cause of the increase in the number of Texas farms between 1846 and
1860? (7.5b)
a. There was plenty of affordable land.
b. The government gave away hundreds of acres.
c. The weather was mild, and the soil was rich.
d. There were almost 43,000 farms
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
52. Which reform movement belongs in the center circle? (7.7b)
a. Public education movement
b. Civil rights movement
c. Temperance movement
d. Women’s rights movement
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.7B
Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer
the following question.
53. How did these innovations in technology affect Texas’s economy near the end of the nineteenth
century? (7.6b)
a. The cattle industry grew. In addition to making large profits from meatpacking, cattle
processors gained even greater profits with the production of by-products.
b. Farming is revolutionized. Farmers could grow products more easily, and they were able
to deliver their goods to the market much faster and cheaper.
c. Lumber became Texas’s first great industry. Loggers were able to process wood much
faster and to distribute it to more markets.
d. The manufacturing industry grew. Workers found jobs in factories, and wage earners
emerged as a new class of workers.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6B
Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question
54. What was the cause of all these changes to life in the United States during the nineteenth century?
(7.7a)
a. Free enterprise
b. Technology
c. Urbanization
d. Industrialization
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.7A
Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question
55. Which amendment or law allowed for the election of African Americans to public office? (7.5b)
a. Civil Rights Act of 1866
b. Fourteenth Amendment
c. Fifteenth Amendment
d. Civil Rights Act of 1875
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
Use the information in the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the
following question.
56. Which statement best completes the diagram? (7.6b)
a. Coal was cheap and plentiful.
b. Texas was far from large cities and markets.
c. Most of Texas was rural.
d. Many Texans were farmers.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6B
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question
57. In this passage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton tried to show that — (7.7b)
a. marriage laws were unjust to women
b. voting laws were unjust to women
c. the Declaration of Independence applied to both men and women
d. women were being denied their constitutional rights
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.7B
Use the pie charts and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
58. As the population of Texas grew between 1836 and 1860, the — (7.8a)
a. percentage of slaves in the population doubled.
b. percentage of slaves dropped.
c. number of slaves doubled
d. number of slaves tripled.
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.8A
Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions
59. Which represents the number of cattle in Texas in the year 1850 rounded to the nearest tenth of a
million? (7.6b)
a. 0.09 million
b. 0.9 million
c. 9.1 million
d. 9.2 million
ANS: B
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6B
60. The open range from Texas to Canada formed the — (7.6b)
a. Bible Belt.
b. Cattle Kingdom.
c. King Ranch.
d. Texas Panhandle.
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6B
Use the cartoon and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question
61. What is the main message in this political cartoon? (7.5b)
a. Texas is carrying the weight of the burden of losing the war.
b. People in the South will re-elect Grant in the next presidential election.
c. President Grant is bringing a purse full of money to the South
d. President Grant’s policies place too much of a burden on the South.
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
62. The temperance movement — (7.7b)
a. regulated the sale of alcohol.
b. stressed the dangers of drinking alcohol.
c. repealed prohibition.
d. gave women the right to vote.
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7B
Use the graph and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question
63. During the late 1800s, the new railroads helped farmers get their cotton to market. Based on the graph
above, what can you conclude? (7.6b)
a. An increase in the availability of cotton resulted in huge profits
b. A drop in cotton production led to huge profits.
c. Transporting cotton by railroad was a mistake.
d. Putting too much cotton on the market led to a drop in prices.
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6B
64. In 1861 the issue of slavery was a major factor in — (7.5a)
a. Texas’ decision to secede from the Union
b. Texas’ decision to follow the Unionists
c. the establishment of the Republic of Texas.
d. a majority of Texans voting to stay in the Union.
ANS: A
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5A
65. The Thirteenth Amendment — (7.5b)
a. stated that anyone born in the United States was a citizen
b. gave freed slaves the right to vote.
c. gave women the right to vote.
d. abolished slavery forever.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
66. During the 1800s, growing cotton required much labor. As a result — (7.5b)
a. many farmers moved to Texas.
b. many Texas farmers bought slaves
c. Texans who owned small farms grew rich.
d. cotton production rose considerably.
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.5B
67. Which is NOT a characteristic of a free enterprise system? (7.13a)
a. Sellers decide what to produce and how to produce it
b. Sellers set the price on their own products.
c. The government sets regulations to encourage competition.
d. The government does not allow sellers to sell to anyone they choose.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.13A
Use the political cartoon and your knowledge of social studies to answer the follwoing question
68. The man in this cartoon is Charles Culberson, attorney general for Texas governor Hogg during the
late 1800s. What is the message of this political cartoon? (7.7b)
a. We should trust companies that sell insurance, cotton seed, coal, and oil.
b. Charles Culberson is a dangerous man and should be stopped.
c. The insurance, cotton seed, coal, and oil industries have combined into one industry.
d. Charles Culberson is protecting us from dangerous business practices.
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.7B
69. Which industry had the greatest effect on the Texas economy during the early 1900s? (7.7a)
a. The oil and gas industry
b. The airline industry
c. The lumber industry
d. The mining industry
ANS: A
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7A
70. Which event strongly supported the development of the oil and gas industry? (7.7a)
a. The entry of women into the job market
b. The opening of new coal mines
c. The development of the railroad industry
d. The increased use of the internal combustion engine
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7A
71. Which statement is NOT true of early labor unions in Texas? (7.7b)
a. They pushed for improvements in wages.
b. The unions supported longer work hours.
c. Most banned African American from becoming members.
d. The unions supported the interests of workers.
ANS: B
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7B
72. All of the following were major Texas industries in the 1800s EXCEPT — (7.7a)
a. cottonseed oil.
c. oil drilling
b. meatpacking.
d. coal mining.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7A
Use the maps and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question
73. After comparing these two maps, what can you conclude about the oil and natural gas deposits in
Texas? (7.21b)
a. The oil and gas industry is spread evenly throughout Texas.
b. Few new oil and gas fields have been discovered since 1930.
c. Oil and gas have been found mainly near large cities in Texas.
d. The oil and gas industry has become increasingly important in Texas.
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.21B
74. Boomtowns got their name because — (7.6b)
a. of the dynamite explosions from mining gold and silver.
b. of the loud noises the miners made in the newly established saloons.
c. of the explosive gushing noises that oil strikes made
d. their population grew as a result of the economic booms.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6B
75. In what way did the invention of the internal combustion engine boost the oil industry? (7.6b)
a.
b.
c.
d.
Drilling was easier with the internal combustion engine.
Boomtowns grew faster because settlers came by train.
Cars with this type of engine needed gasoline, an oil by-product.
The timber industry benefited from new oil-powered chainsaws and this in turn benefited
the oil industry.
ANS: C
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6B
76. Which item is NOT a petrochemical product? (7.6b)
a. Plastic
b. Ink
c. Tires
d. Plywood
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.6B
77. Big business in Texas often held a monopoly in their fields of business, which meant that they— (7.7b)
a. stimulated economic growth
b. eliminated competition
c. were controlled by the government.
d. had no control over prices.
ANS: B
DIF: 2
STO: 7.7B
78. James Stephen Hogg helped fight companies that violated the principles of — (7.7b)
a. laissez-faire.
b. communism
c. free enterprise.
d. government ownership of businesses.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7B
79. Which was NOT one of the effects of the Interstate Commerce Commission? (7.13a)
a. Railroads were regulated.
b. Pooling became illegal.
c. Railroads could not charge more for short hauls than for long ones over the same lines.
d. Railroad owners had to break up into smaller companies to allow competition.
ANS: D
DIF: 1
STO: 7.13A
80. Progressives were known for working to — (7.7b)
a. promote oil sales
b. support big business.
c. improve society.
d. build up the military.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7B
81. What right did the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grant in 1913? (7.7b)
a. The right to freedom for all people
b. The right to free speech
c. The right to vote directly for U.S. senators
d. The right to campaign for women’s suffrage
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7B
82. All of the following were changes to Texan women’s lives as a result of school system reform EXCEPT
— (7.7b)
a. more women had access to education than ever before.
b. more girls than boys attended Texas schools.
c. many women left their teaching jobs in the education system to stay at home.
d. several colleges began allowing women to attend.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7B
83. The status of the public school system inTexas in the late 1800s was — (7.7b)
a. excellent due to high taxes brought in by the oil industry.
b. non-existent because all children were home schooled or worked in factories.
c. very poor due to lack of training and resources.
d. average compared to the rest of the country.
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.7B
84. Which sequence below best describes the Civil War and Reconstruction Era? (7.5b)
a. Texas was French-controlled, Texas was Spanishcontrolled, Texas was United Statescontrolled
b. Texas was explored by Spain, Texas became part of Mexico, Texas fought Mexico
c. Texas fought a revolution, Texas was independence, Texas became a state
d. Texas seceded from the Union, Texas fought in the war, Texas rejoined the Union
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5B
85. In a free enterprise economy, such as the Untied States, the government has— (7.13a)
a. the power to tell companies what products to make
b. the ability to tax companies for no reason
c. little control over how people run their businesses
d. power to take the profit a person’s company makes
ANS: C
DIF: 1
STO: 7.13A
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question that follows
86. Abraham Lincoln believed that the Founding Fathers intended to form a single nation that would last
for all time. According to the excerpt — (7.5a)
a. the North had to occupy the South to force it to stay in the Union
b. fugitive slaves had to be returned to their owners
c. the Constitution had to be amended to settle the issue of nullification
d. the Southern states did not have the legal right to secede from the Union
ANS: D
DIF: 2
STO: 7.5A
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
African Americans were not allowed to vote They could not testify against whites in
court, nor could they serve on juries...they could hold only certain types of jobs,
generally in agriculture. These laws also punished African Americans for not having
a home or a job by forcing them to work for plantation owners.
--Adapted from McDougal Little
87. The laws passed by the Texas legislature during Reconstruction and described above were know as
(7.6a)
a. Black Codes
b. the Emancipation Proclamation
c. amendments
d. the Secession laws
ANS: A
DIF: 2
STO: 7.6A