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Texas History - Unit 9 - Review Game 3
Test Description: The Modern Era
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) In the 1960s and 1970s, both women and Hispanics made political gains.
A
true
B
false
2) Texas was slow in becoming a high-tech center but caught up later.
A
true
B
false
3) The oil boom ended in Texas in the 1970s and caused a dramatic loss of jobs.
A
true
B
false
4) The development of air conditioning and the sunny climate made Texas attractive to many newcomers.
A
true
B
false
5) The growth of the Democratic Party in the 1970s finally made Texas a two-party state.
A
false
B
true
6) Oil prices rose sharply in the 1970s, and the Texas oil business boomed after ...
A
Congress banned offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
B
sport utility vehicles became more common.
C
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) banned oil shipments to the United States.
D
Saudi Arabian oil fields became exhausted.
7) President Lyndon Johnson decided not to run for re-election in 1968 because ...
A
he wanted to retire to his hill country ranch.
B
he was likely to be impeached.
C
increasing opposition to the war had sharply divided the country.
D
the Democratic Party refused to nominate him for another term.
8) Congress acted decisively to end segregation in public places with passage of ...
A
the Equal Rights Amendment.
B
the Alabama Act of 1965.
C
the Carter-Haney Law.
D
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
9) The aerospace industry in Texas flourished because of ...
A
the sunny climate.
B
tax breaks for manufacturers.
C
the availability of inexpensive land for runways and other facilities.
D
the Cold War and the space program.
10) Texas cities grew rapidly toward the end of the 1900s because of ...
A
the failure of the family farm.
B
low-cost housing programs.
C
the availability of good jobs and a good quality of life.
D
a rapidly increasing birthrate.
11) Which of the following was a Texan who became president in 2000?
A
Sandra Cisneros
B
George Bush
C
George W. Bush
D
Van Cliburn
12) Which of the following was a Democrat and longtime lieutenant governor of Texas?
A
Larry McMurtry
B
Rick Perry
C
John Biggers
D
Bob Bullock
13) Which of the following was a democrat who won the governor's race in 1980, promising to improve education?
A
Ann Richards
B
Albert Sidney Johnston
C
Mark White
D
George Bush
14) Which of the following was lieutenant governor who became governor in December of 2000?
A
Van Cliburn
B
Lyne T. Barret
C
Sandra Cisneros
D
Rick Perry
15) Which of the following was Texas treasurer elected to governor's office in 1990?
A
Lyne T. Barret
B
Larry McMurtry
C
Albert Sidney Johnston
D
Ann Richards
16) Which of the following was a Texas artist whose works of art portray African American views and experiences?
A
Larry McMurtry
B
Van Cliburn
C
John Biggers
D
Sandra Cisneros
17) Which of the following was a Texan elected to the presidency in 1988?
A
George Bush
B
Sandra Cisneros
C
Albert Sidney Johnston
D
Lyne T. Barret
18) Which of the following is a novelist who writes of Texas, particularly the frontier?
A
Sandra Cisneros
B
Albert Sidney Johnston
C
Larry McMurtry
D
Van Cliburn
19) Which of the following is a well-known classical pianist?
A
Sandra Cisneros
B
Lyne T. Barret
C
Van Cliburn
D
Albert Sidney Johnston
20) Which of the following is a writer who focuses on the lives of Mexican American families in the United States?
A
Cesar Chavez
B
Lyne T. Barret
C
Sandra Cisneros
D
Albert Sidney Johnston
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