Texas History - Unit 9 - Review Game 4 Question Preview (ID: 59167)
The Modern Era.
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The Republicans won all four elections for governor between 1978 and 1990.
a) true
b) false
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d)
Kay Bailey Hutchison was the first female U.S. senator from Texas.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Texas has had little success entering global markets.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
George W. Bush was very successful at working with Democrats in the Texas legislature.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
George Bush was vice president of the United States before he was elected president in 1988.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
More than 30 percent of Texas's oil workers lost jobs between 1982 and 1994.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Texas produces more wind power than any other state.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Due to water shortages, some Texas scientists have proposed importing water from other countries.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Between 2000 and 2010, the number of students enrolled in public schools in Texas increased by 1,100,000.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Cities on the border have created DART programs, which consist of buses, lightrails, and vans that carry people around the cities.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Texas has become a two-party state because ...
a) the Republican Party has gained support.
b) the growth of maquiladoras has brought more Democratic voters to Texas.
c) globalization has caused more voters to support international trade.
d) Hispanics and African Americans have begun voting in greater numbers.
The Texas economy is stronger because of ...
a) the oil boom of 1998.
b) diversification and increased world trade.
c) the rapid increase in the birthrate in the 1980s and 1990s.
d) the increase in service employment.
The rapid urbanization of Texas is reflected in the fact that ...
a) most Texans now do not know how to ride horses.
b) many households own multiple automobiles.
c) farmland has become far more expensive.
d) more than 80 percent of Texans live in cities.
Which is not an effect of population growth?
a) Public school enrollment jumped by 900,000 between 2000 and 2010.
b) Texas is now a two-party political state.
c) Between 2005 and 2011, 17 new hospitals began operations in Texas..
d) Traffic congestion has become a problem in many cities.
The increased ethnic diversity of Texas is easily shown by ...
a) all of the Mexican American music to be heard.
b) the fact that non-Hispanic whites now amount to less than 50 percent of the population.
c) the number of new restaurants in the major cities.
d) the amount of foreign goods shipping through Texas ports.
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