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Texas History - Unit 9 - Review Game 2
Test Description: Prosperity and the Great Depression
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Farmers and other customers objected to railroads 'pooling' because ...
A
pooling reduced competition and kept shipping costs high.
B
industrial shippers received preferential rates.
C
there were not enough rail cars to go around.
D
it created too much competition between railroads.
2) The Southern Farmer's Alliance left the Democratic Party in 1891 over the ...
A
right of women to vote.
B
issue of railroad regulation.
C
objections of the newly formed Populist Party.
D
failure of the Democrats to support the Alliance's subtreasury plan.
3) Democrats weakened the Populist Party when they ...
A
urged farmers not to vote.
B
adopted some of its programs as their own.
C
refused to support William Jennings Bryan in 1896.
D
challenged its right to run candidates for office.
4) Governor Hogg created the Texas Railroad Commission because ...
A
the state wanted to increase traffic on the railroads.
B
Regulations in the legislature had demanded it.
C
excessive competition between lines threatened stability in the market.
D
it had become necessary to have a body that could enforce regulations.
5) Progressive changes in education did not benefit all Texans equally because ...
A
West Texas schools were mainly devoted to agricultural training.
B
rural schools were not as well provided for as urban schools.
C
the state established separate funding for schools based on race.
D
some teachers were not as well paid as others.
6) Which of the following terms means people forced to leave their homeland because of war or persecution?
A
urbanization
B
neutral
C
radicals
D
refugees
7) Which of the following was a document that called for Mexican Americans to take control of South Texas?
A
Federal Reserve System
B
Water Commission
C
Plan de San Diego
D
Rough Riders
8) Which of the following means an increase in people living or working in cities?
A
radicals
B
neutral
C
reservation
D
urbanization
9) Which of the following was a ragtime musician and composer from Texarkana?
A
John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing
B
Theodore Roosevelt
C
William Sydney Porter
D
Scott Joplin
10) Which of the following was a short story writer who used the pen name of O. Henry?
A
Theodore Roosevelt
B
Elisabet Ney
C
William Sydney Porter
D
Adina Emilia De Zavala
11) Which of the following terms means not allied with any side during a conflict?
A
monopoly
B
neutral
C
urbanization
D
cooperative
12) Which of the following is a central banking system that distributes money to other banks and helps regulate them?
A
Federal Reserve System
B
Rough Riders
C
Plan de San Diego
D
Petticoat Lobby
13) Which of the following was a well-known sculptor who immigrated to Texas from Germany in 1872?
A
William Sydney Porter
B
Adina Emilia De Zavala
C
Scott Joplin
D
Elisabet Ney
14) Which of the following was U.S. general who pursued Pancho Villa in northern Mexico?
A
William Sydney Porter
B
Scott Joplin
C
Theodore Roosevelt
D
John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing
15) Which of the following was an American officer who led the Rough Riders in battle against Spanish forces in Cuba?
A
Elisabet Ney
B
John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing
C
Theodore Roosevelt
D
Scott Joplin
16) A new kind of music called _____ was popular in vaudeville shows.
A
jazz
B
ragtime
C
blues
D
pop
17) Houston boomed after the Houston _____ _____ made transportation cheaper between the city and the Gulf of Mexico.
A
Water Commission
B
Commission Plan
C
Department of Health
D
Ship Channel
18) Dallas became a major financial center after the _____ _____ System built a district bank there in 1914.
A
Department of Banking
B
Banking Commission
C
Federal Reserve
D
Petticoat Lobby
19) Public health in Texas is the responsibility of the Texas _____ _____ _____, established in 1903.
A
Department of Transportation
B
Department of Finance
C
Department of Commerce
D
Department of Health
20) Mexican rebel _____ _____ _____ invaded New Mexico in 1916.
A
Adina Emilia de Zavala
B
Lawrence A. Nixon
C
Francisco 'Pancho' Villa
D
James Stephen Hogg
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