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TExES EC-6 Social Studies Exam Questions and Answers
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TExES EC-6 Social Studies ExamQuestions and Answers
Bill of Rights - Answer -The first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution became the
Bill of Rights in 1791. They defined citizens' rights in relation to the newly established
government under the Constitution.
Common Sense (Thomas Paine) - Answer -Published in 1776, Common Sense
challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. Paine used
plain language that spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to
openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
Globalization - Answer -Commonly used as a shorthand way of describing the spread
and connectedness of production, communication and technologies across the world.
That spread has involved the interlacing of economic and cultural activity.
Caddo Indians - Answer -Lived in east and northeast Texas. Most of the Caddo farms
and villages were near flowing creeks or springs with fresh water. They farmed because
were no big herds of buffalo or other animals to hunt. They were sedentary because
they farmed and did not have to move around to get food so they had permanent
houses. They also traded goods all over Texas, the Mississippi river valley and the
southeastern United States. They had a structured social system.
Mary Austin Holley - Answer -Lived 1784-1846 and was an American historical writer
best known as the author of the first known English-language history of Texas(1833).
She was a cousin Mary Austin Holley of Stephen F. Austin, who arranged for Holley to
receive a land grant on Galveston Bay
Lorenzo de Zavala - Answer -A colonizer and statesman, Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de
Zavala was one of the most talented and capable of the many native Mexicans involved
in Texas' struggle for independence from Mexico.
At the Convention of 1836, de Zavala was elected vice-president of the interim
government of the Republic of Texas.
Lyndon B. Johnson - Answer -President of the U.S. from 1963-1969, also had a long
history as a Congressman and Senator beginning in 1937. In Congress, Johnson
worked hard for rural electrification, public housing, and eliminating government waste.
As Senator he guided the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and 1964 as
President. During his time in Congress and as President he was also instrumental in the
, development of the space program that eventually landed a man on the moon in 1969.
His domestic program was known as The Great Society.
Economic nationalism - Answer -A term used to describe policies which emphasize
domestic control of the economy, labor and capital formation, even if this requires the
imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on the movement of labor, goods and capital.
It opposes globalization in many cases, or at least it questions the benefits of
unrestricted free trade.
Expansionism - Answer -As the American factory system developed the U.S. needed to
find foreign markets in which to sell its manufactured products and from which to
acquire raw goods. Initially, the policy that the U.S. pursued to meet its growing
economic needs was one of expansionism rather than imperialism. Instead of imposing
a military presence and colonial government—as many European countries were doing
in Africa and throughout the globe—the U.S. aimed to advance its interests through
investments and business transactions. American businesses began opening up
production sites and markets in Latin America and elsewhere.
Manifest Destiny - Answer -Newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coined the term "manifest
destiny" in 1845 to describe the philosophy and belief that the U.S. should expand
across the entire continent. It was this belief that spurred the westward movement of the
young nation. It had connections to economic motives (land, fur trade, etc.) as well as
cultural motives (the perceived superiority of the American culture).
WoodrowWilson's Fourteen Points - Answer -President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen
Points became the basis for a peace program that led Germany and her allies to agree
to an armistice in November 1918. The 14 points dealt with certain issues that were
involved in WWI. One of the points called for a League of Nations.
Good Neighbor Policy - Answer -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office
determined to improve relations with the nations of Central and South America. Under
his leadership the United States emphasized cooperation and trade rather than military
force to maintain stability in the hemisphere. In his inaugural address on March 4, 1933,
Roosevelt stated: "In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of
the good neighbor--the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does
so, respects the rights of others."
The Marshall Plan - Answer -U.S. Secretary of State George Marshal introduced this in
a speech in 1947. It was a plan to help the economies of European countries that had
been devastated by World War II recover and rebuild.
Jamestown - Answer -The first permanent English settlement in North America on the
banks of the James River in Virginia in 1607. Famine, disease and conflict with local
Native American tribes in the first two years brought Jamestown to the brink of failure
before the arrival of a new group of settlers and supplies in 1610.
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