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


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

How did the expanding frontier affect the American Indians?
a) They wanted to live on reservations
b) They had to change their way of life.
c) they shared land with settlers
d)

What was the purpose of the cattle drives in Texas?
a) Demand for cattle up North in Canada
b) Take cattle to areas in high demand for beef.
c) to brand the cattle
d)

At this battle,.Guipago and his people escaped but his horses were stolen and slaughtered.
a) Battle of Broken Timber
b) Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
c) Battle of Adobe Walls
d)

Most important crop in Texas.
a) Cotton
b) tobacco
c) corn
d)

This person was a laborer on the cattle drive-
a) cowboy
b) gambler
c) sharecropper
d)

For each mile of completed rail line, the state of Texas would grant railroad companies up to __________ square miles of land.
a) 6
b) 16
c) 60
d)

All of the following were causes of the railroad boom in Texas except:
a) president pardon
b) the continued expansion of industries in Texas
c) demand for cheap transportation
d)

One of the first adjustments made by farmers in western Texas was to adapt to growing different crops– trading corn for crops like–
a) tobacco
b) cotton
c) wheat
d)

One of the new inventions in agriculture was used to break up the soil. This was the-
a) Built irrigation systems
b) plow
c) thresher
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)

This farming technique was designed to lead to maximum water retention in the soil.
a) windy
b) wet
c) dry
d)

Which nickname was given to the African-American regiments of the U.S. Army that helped to keep peace among American Indians in the West after the Civil War?
a) texas rangers
b) buffalo soldiers
c) KKK
d)

I was the last chief of the Comanches
a) Quanah Parker
b) Victorio
c) Brown Bear
d)

largest ranch in Texas.
a) Duvall
b) King
c) 666
d)

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

Following the Civil War most former enslaved African Americans in Texas Began making a living as-
a) sharecropper
b) farmer
c) rancher
d)

What was The Grange?
a) replaced slavery
b) An organization that represented the rail companies and fought the farmers for their land
c) An organization that represented farmers against rail companies
d)

How did the expanding frontier affect the American Indians?
a) changed it
b) made it better
c) ended their lives
d)

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