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TExES 7-12 Social Studies ContentExam Practice Test
All of the following are effects of Spanish exploration EXCEPT:
A) Gave Spain a strong claim to Texas
B) Provided little valuable knowledge of the area
C) Exposed Native Americans to various diseases
D) Provided a lot of valuable knowledge of the area - Answer -B) Provided little valuable
knowledge of the area
Which of the following explains the significance of the year 1518 to Texas?
A) Mexico achieved its independence from Spain, therefore, paving the way for Texas
independence
B) Father Antonio de Olivares started the first mission and presidio in Texas
C) Texas declared its independence from Mexico
D) The coast of Texas was first mapped by Spanish explorers - Answer -D) The coast of
Texas was first mapped by Spanish explorers
Which of the following is an example of a physical characteristic of Texas?
A) The Guadalupe Mountains located in the Mountain & Basins region of Texas
B) The Spanish language spoken in Texas
C) The capitol building in Austin
D) The Catholic religion in Texas - Answer -A) The Guadalupe Mountains located in the
Mountain & Basins region of Texas
Which of the following Texas figures was NOT President of Texas when it was a
republic from 1936-1945?
A) Anson Jones
B) Mirabeau B. Lamar
C) Davy Crockett
D) Sam Houston - Answer -C) Davy Crockett
When Sam Houston was President of Texas, how were his Native American policies
related to his opinions on the Government's spending?
,A) Peace with Native Americans would be less costly for the government than fighting
wars with them
B) Peace with Native Americans would be more costly for the government than fighting
wars with them
C) They were not related in any way
D) Sam Houston didn't want to achieve peace with the Native Americans and he didn't
care how much the government spent while he was President - Answer -A) Peace with
Native Americans would be less costly for the government than fighting wars with them
Explain the difference in Texas in 1845 and Texas after the Compromise of 1850.
A) There was no difference in Texas
B) Texas was now considered its own country
C) Texas received the shape that we are familiar with today
D) Texas rejoined Mexico - Answer -C) Texas received the shape that we are familiar
with today
Which statement below best communicates Sam Houston's views regarding
succession?
A) Texas should secede from the United States and join the Confederacy
B) Texas should secede from the United States and remain independent from the
Confederacy
C) Texas should not secede from the United States but should hold negotiations with
the Confederacy
D) Texas should not secede from the United States and should continue to try and solve
the issues facing the country - Answer -D) Texas should not secede from the United
States and should continue to try and solve the issues facing the country
Which political party dominated Texas politics for one hundred years - beginning after
Reconstruction and lasting through the 1990s?
A) Democratic Party
B) Whig Party
C) Republican Party
D) Know-Nothing Party - Answer -A) Democratic Party
Gordon Granger, a Union General, landed in Galveston in 1865 and proclaimed that all
slaves in Texas had been freed, thus prompting Texas African-Americans to...
A) Pass the 13th Amendment
B) Celebrate their emancipation
C) Support Democratic candidates
D) Fight at the Battle of Palmito Ranch, thus ending the Civil War - Answer -B)
Celebrate their emancipation
At the end of the Civil War, Texas was...
A) In a state of political and economic collapse
B) Eager to forgive and forget old arguments with the North
, C) In need of only a few agricultural workers to replace the lost slaves after the 13th
Amendment was created
D) Ready to resume large shipments of cotton to England - Answer -A) In a state of
political and economic collapse
The Buffalo Soldiers helped shape the history of Texas because they were...
A) African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War
B) Anglo Americans who sided with Mexico before the Texas Revolution
C) American Indians who fought with Texas during the Civil War
D) Mexican Americans who defended the Alamo during the Texas Revolution - Answer -
A) African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War
Which of the following was a Texas Ranger who attacked a Comanche raiding party
and also helped rescue Cynthia Ann Parker from the Comanche?
A) Sam Houston
B) Buffalo Soldiers
C) Lawrence Sullivan Ross
D) Quanah Parker - Answer -C) Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Which of the following is the BIGGEST reason that cattle drives began to dissipate in
Texas?
A) Too many cowboys were arrested for illegal activities so there was no one capable of
continuing the drives
B) Easier access to rail lines and refrigerated rail cars
C) An outbreak of a disease called Texas Fever that attacked cattle
D) The invention of the barbed wire fence that closed the open range - Answer -B)
Easier access to rail lines and refrigerated rail cars
What impact did disease epidemics have on the Spanish conquest of North America?
A) Diseases played no significant role in the Spanish conquest of North America
B) The accidental spread of diseases allowed the Spanish to conquer Native American
civilizations that greatly outnumbered them
C) Diseases spread by Native Americans allowed them to defeat Spanish armies much
larger than their own
D) Diseases, such as smallpox, interfered with Spanish attempts to explore North
America - Answer -B) The accidental spread of diseases allowed the Spanish to
conquer Native American civilizations that greatly outnumbered them
Which country sold Louisiana to the United States for $15 million and what was their
motivation?
A) Mexico, because they needed to pay their war debt from their fight with the Spanish
B) Great Britain, because they needed money to help recapture the Thirteen American
colonies
C) Spain, because they had lost control of their South American colonies
D) France, because Napoleon needed money to fight the British in Europe - Answer -D)
France, because Napoleon needed money to fight the British in Europe
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