7th Grade Final Exam Question Preview (ID: 61692)


Civil War -present Day Texas. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What was the primary function of the Texas Rangers for the Republic of Texas?
a) Built irrigation systems for farmers
b) Protect Texans from American Indian tribes
c) Return fugitive enslaved people
d)

Why is 1845 significant in Texas history?
a) Texans won the Battle of the Alamo ending the Revolution.
b) The Spanish government gave up all rights to Texas.
c) Texas was annexed by the U.S.
d)

What was one part of Mexican culture that the Mexican officials required when issuing land grants to Anglo empresarios?
a) Required settlers to practice Catholic religion
b) Expect settlers to wear Spanish clothing
c) Introduce Spanish food to settlers
d)

Why did many Americans and Mexicans migrate to Mexican Texas in the 1820’s?
a) search for gold
b) To find cheap farmland
c) build missions
d)

What was the final battle of the Texas revolution?
a) San Jacinto
b) Palomino Ranch
c) Gettysburg
d)

Which of the following is a contribution Stephen Austin made to the development of Texas?
a) Founded the first Anglo settlement in Texas
b) Founded the first Mexican settlement in Texas
c) Founded the first German settlement in Texas
d)

What are the 3 G’s that motivated European explorers to investigate the Americas?
a) Gold, Glory, God
b) Gold, Gems, God
c) Gold, Gems, glory
d)

In which region of Texas did the Jumano live?
a) Gulf Coast Plains
b) Mountains and Basins
c) high Plains
d)

When traveling from east to west across the state of Texas, what happens to the elevation?
a) increases
b) decreases
c) stays the same
d)

Following the American Civil War most former enslaved African Americans in Texas began making a living as a what?
a) Sharecroppers
b) cowboys
c) railroad workers
d)

The Range Wars of the late 1800’s in Texas were caused by what?
a) farmers blocking rivers
b) Ranchers fencing their land
c) cattle rustling
d)

The physical landscape of rural Texas changed after the discovery of oil because-
a) boomtowns
b) oil is dirty
c) did not change it
d)

Who was the first African American woman to be elected to the Senate?
a) N. Reagan
b) M. Cyrus
c) B. Jordan
d)

What organization was founded by Hector P. Garcia who fought for the rights of Mexican Americans and Veterans?
a) NAACP
b) American G. I. Forum
c) KKK
d)

Which court case said that facilities CAN be separate as long as they are equal?
a) Plessy v. Ferguson
b) Dred Scott Case
c) Brown v. Board of Education
d)

What was the purpose of Galveston building a sea wall in 1903?
a) keep fish out
b) protect city from flooding during hurricanes
c) create an energy source
d)

Reports of the discovery of oil at Spindletop would have first appeared in what year?
a) 1903
b) 1902
c) 1901
d)

Which court case said that separate but equal was not equal for a student named Linda?
a) Brown V. Board of Education
b) Plessy V. Ferguson
c) Dred Scott Case
d)

What New Deal programs were created during the Great Depression and what did they do?
a) replaced slavery
b) denied employment for Native Americans
c) create jobs such as building roads and bridges
d)

What country was formerly known as the Soviet Union?
a) Russia
b) Germany
c) Italy
d)

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