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Texas History - Unit 9 - Review Game 3
Test Description: Prosperity and the Great Depression
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Streetcars allowed Texans to live in _____ where their lifestyles were more like that in the country.
A
suburbs
B
settlements
C
inner cities
D
missions
2) In the _____-_____ War, American troops won a major victory in Cuba.
A
Spanish-American
B
Spanish-Canadian
C
Canadian-US
D
French and Indian War
3) The state established the Texas _____ _____ to meet the demand in rapidly growing cities and to manage available resources.
A
Health Department
B
Utilities Franchise
C
Federal Reserve
D
Water Commission
4) Adina Emilia de Zavala tried to protect the _____ from destruction by barricading herself inside it for three days.
A
Water Commission
B
Fort Hood
C
State Capitol
D
Alamo
5) Nearly 200,000 Texans fought in _____ _____ _____ after the United States declared war in 1917.
A
Vietnam War
B
World War II
C
New Mexico conflict
D
World War I
6) Increasing efficiency led to major problems for farmers as ...
A
they needed more and more farm workers.
B
agricultural surpluses caused prices to fall.
C
there was no more frontier land to be had.
D
there was little time for recreation, even on Sundays.
7) The largest number of newcomers to Texas in the early 1900s were from ...
A
Mexico and Central America.
B
midwestern farm states.
C
other southern states.
D
Germany and Central Europe.
8) Public health became a major issue in Texas because of ...
A
problems brought on by rapid urbanization.
B
the shortage of doctors in smaller countries.
C
the declining birthrate.
D
poor water quality in rural areas.
9) U.S. Marines were sent to Veracruz in 1914 because ...
A
the Mexican government had asked for help.
B
Pancho Villa had sent troops into New Mexico.
C
the United States feared the arrival of a German weapons shipment.
D
the United States was considering the annexation of Mexico.
10) Some Texans became suspicious of German Americans in 1917 because ...
A
many of them left to fight for Germany.
B
they refused to learn English and send their children to school.
C
the United States had gone to war against Germany.
D
their fathers had filed to support the Union in 1862.
11) Which of the following means an election in which voters select persons to run in a later general election?
A
demobilization
B
stocks
C
proration
D
primary election
12) Which of the following was a governor who opposed government programs like unemployment relief?
A
Dan Moody
B
Ross Sterling
C
Pat Neff
D
Lawrence A. Nixon
13) Which of the following is the process of moving from a wartime to a peacetime economy?
A
self-reliance
B
scrip
C
demobilization
D
proration
14) Which of the following means proportionate divisionor distribution?
A
stocks
B
proration
C
self-reliance
D
scrip
15) Which of the following means paper notes issued by local governments instead of money?
A
proration
B
primary election
C
scrip
D
stocks
16) Which of the following was governor who declared martial law to put down a railroad strike?
A
Lawrence A. Nixon
B
Dan Moody
C
C.M. 'Dad' Joiner
D
Pat Neff
17) Which of the following was a wildcatter who brought in the Daisy Bradford No. 3 oil well in 1930?
A
Dan Moody
B
C. M. 'Dad' Joiner
C
John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing
D
Ross Sterling
18) Which of the following means shares of ownership in a company?
A
pooling
B
stocks
C
urbanization
D
proration
19) Which of the following is what some Texans called armadillos during the Great Depression?
A
Rough Riders
B
Petticoat Lobby
C
Hoover Hogs
D
Dust Bowl
20) Which of the following was an African American doctor from El Paso, who sued the state in 1924 when he was not allowed to vote in a primary?
A
Theodore Roosevelt
B
Ross Sterling
C
Pat Neff
D
Lawrence A. Nixon
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