TExES 7-12 History

Question 1

How did the Law of 1830 reflect tensions between Texas and the Mexican government?

Answer 1

Anglo dominance in Texas, strong ties with the United States, weak identification with Mexico, and the US policy of westward expansion threatened Mexican control over Texas.

Question 2

Following the Texas Revolution, whom of the following were considered citizens of the Republic of Texas?

Answer 2

Tejano and white men only

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of the Progressive tradition and movement in Texas?

Answer 3

Legislation restricting corporate behavior and benefiting the rural poor passed during the Hogg and Ferguson administrations

Question 4

Which statement best describes the role played by the French economy in causing the 1789 French Revolution?

Answer 4

France’s very large national debt led to heavy tax burdens on the French peasantry

Question 5

What factor contributed most to the success of the Second Assyrian Empire (which was able to overcome the Hittites)?

Answer 5

The creation of a large, well-disciplined army

Question 6

Read the excerpt below from the writings of Charles Darwin; then answer the questions that follows.

A struggle for existence inevitably follows from the high rate at which all organic beings tend to increase. Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seed, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could supply the product. Hence, as more individuals are produced than can possibly survive, there must in every case be a struggle for existence, either one individual with another of the same species, or with the physical conditions of life.

Which scholar effectively supports Darwin’s argument?

Answer 6

Thomas Malthus’ theory of population

Question 7

In which of the following ways did the migrations of Bantu-speaking peoples into many regions of sub-Saharan Africa in the period 1000 BC to 500 AD most fundamentally affect the continent?

Answer 7

The migrations led to the spread of settled agriculture

Question 8

The Code of Justinian contributed most to the development of legal thought by:

Answer 8

creating a synthesis of classical law that became the basis of most modern European legal codes

Question 9

The Assyrians spoke a _ language closely related to Babylonian.

Answer 9

Semitic

Question 10

A major consequence of the French Revolution was the:

Answer 10

emergence of nationalism as a powerful political force

Question 11

This important discovery took place in northern Anatolia in the years preceding the establishment of the Hittite Kingdom

Answer 11

iron smelting

Question 12

The influence of medieval Islamic civilizations on the development of other societies of the period could best be seen in the:

Answer 12

art and architecture of Spain

Question 13

Which of the following was the main purpose of policies that forced Native Americans in the South to resettle in areas west of the Mississippi River after 1820?

Answer 13

to open up Native American lands in the South to white settlement

Question 14

Which of the following best describes how the federal government helped promote industrial growth in the United States during the first half of the 19th century?

Answer 14

Federal tariff policy helped protect the nation’s emergent textile and iron industries from foreign competition.

Question 15

Which of the following best describe an important feature of John Marshall’s tenure as chief justice of the SCOTUS (1801-1835)?

Answer 15

He advocated a nation-centered federalism that stressed the need for a strong national government

Question 16

A student in a high school world history class has selected the Industrial Revolution as the topic of her semester-long research project. Which of the following actions should the history teacher guide the student to take first?

Answer 16

determine what question or questions she wants to answer in her research

Question 17

Which of the following political theorists argued for the separation of powers?

Answer 17

Baron de Montesquieu

Question 18

Which of the following best explains why the Spanish were threatened by French exploration southwest into Texas?

Answer 18

French exploration southwest from the Great Lakes and Quebec toward Texas was a potential threat to the Spanish empire in the Americas

Question 19

How did the Law of 1830 reflect tensions between Texas and the Mexican government?

Answer 19

Anglo dominance in Texas, strong ties with the United States, weak identification with Mexico, and the US policy of western expansion threatened Mexican control over Texas

Question 20

How were Texas’ borders finalized?

Answer 20

Texas accepted its present-day borders as part of the Compromise of 1850

Question 21

After the Civil War, during the Reconstruction Era, the Redeemers were able to
a) reinstate several prominent, pro-secession Texans to public office after the war
b) write a new constitution
c) ensure that the Democrats regained power after the Civil War
d) all of the above

Answer 21

d) all of the above

Question 22

How has modern Texas influenced the United States?
a) White Texans overwhelmingly supported Johnson’s administration
b) Many influential Texans like Barbara Jordan and Henry Gonzalez were important figures in the Civil Rights Movement
c) Today, Texas is the national leader in tech manufacturing
d) B and C only

Answer 22

d) B and C only

Question 23

The first Texans to make contact with Europeans were

Answer 23

Karankawa

Question 24

The driving force behind Spanish exploration and settlement of Texas was

Answer 24

to pursue rumors of gold farther inland in Texas

Question 25

Filibuster settlers

Answer 25

were whites who illegally immigrated to Texas seeking land and economic opportunity

Question 26

At the Convention of 1833, Texans drew up a resolution remanding
a) an end to restrictions on slavery in Texas
b) separation from Coahuila
c) more protection from the Apache and Comanche
d) all of the above

Answer 26

d) all of the above

Question 27

Why was early resistance disorganized in the Texas Revolution?

Answer 27

Even though Sam Houston was chosen to lead an army, James Bowie and James Fannin were already leading uprisings, making it difficult to consolidate military power against Mexico

Question 28

How did the Republic of Texas raise income?

Answer 28

attracting settlers with land and land scrip

Question 29

Which of the following best describes the changing relationship between Anglos and Tejanos in the Republic of Texas?

Answer 29

Even though Tejano men were Texas citizens, increasing numbers of Anglo-American immigrants saw them as Mexican agents and they lived as second-class citizens, increasing ethnic tensions in Texas

Question 30

In 1861, the Secession Convention wrote a new constitution. What was one of the stipulations?

Answer 30

the legality of slavery

Question 31

The Constitution of 1868

Answer 31

was written by Republicans during Reconstruction, strengthening state government

Question 32

Which of the following contributed most to the eventual disappearance of long-distance cattle drives in Texas?

Answer 32

The invention and popularization of barbed-wire fencing

Question 33

In the 19th century, one of Texas’ major products was cotton. What was the impact of the cotton industry in Texas on African Americans following the Civil War?

Answer 33

Many formerly enslaved African Americans became sharecroppers - often on the same land where they had been enslaved - remaining trapped in an exploitative system

Question 34

State AG and Governor Jim Hogg was popular due to which of the following actions?
a) He introduced legislation in Congress creating the Interstate Commerce Commission
b) He prosecuted railroads that wanted to limit or halt service to small, isolated towns
c) He sued insurance companies that did not meet their obligations
d) B and C only

Answer 34

d) B and C only

Question 35

Which of the following explains Governor James Ferguson’s popularity?

Answer 35

his support for the rural poor and improvements in infrastructure and education

Question 36

How did the political leader Henry B. Gonzalez advocate for civil rights in Texas?
a) He sponsored legislation to desegregate San Antonio parks
b) He fought state legislation to resegregate Texas schools
c) He filibustered state efforts to circumvent federal civil rights legislation
d) all of the above

Answer 36

d) all of the above

Question 37

Barbara Jordan, the US representative and first African American Texas state senator
a) worked in the State Senate for the creation of the Fair Employment Practices Commission
b) played an important role in the Watergate hearings as a congresswoman representing Texas
c) represented Texas in the US Senate for several terms
d) A and B only

Answer 37

d) A and B only

Question 38

The Punic Wars resulted in

Answer 38

Rome gaining full control of the western Mediterranean

Question 39

Which of the following describes a position held by most Enlightenment thinkers?

Answer 39

Social and political problems can be solved through the application of reason to practices and institutions

Question 40

The Taiping Rebellion in China (1850–1864) and the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) were similar in that the rebels in both cases attracted popular support for their cause mostly by promising

Answer 40

agrarian reform.

Question 41

Which of the following conditions allowed for the First Industrial Revolution to take place in Great Britain?

Answer 41

The availability of easily accessible coal deposits and a well-developed transport infrastructure

Question 42

Ancient Mesopotamia experienced frequent invasions that often resulted in the conquest or collapse of existing states. Which of the following factors was responsible for facilitating that tendency?

Answer 42

The lack of major natural barriers between Mesopotamia and neighboring regions

Question 43

In the period circa 1300–1500 A.D., Islam spread to Southeast Asia primarily through

Answer 43

trade.

Question 44

In the second half of the twentieth century, the term “Green Revolution” was used to refer to

Answer 44

the development of new agricultural chemicals and drought- or disease-resistant plant varieties to increase crop yields

Question 45

One important factor in the expansion of the Inca Empire in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries A.D. was the Inca’s

Answer 45

extensive system of roads that allowed for communication and travel through the Andean highlands and between the highlands and the lowlands along the Pacific coast.

Question 46

By the mid-1400s, silver coinage had replaced copper coinage and paper money as the primary means of exchange in Ming China. The change had which of the following long-term effects on the world economy?

Answer 46

Increasing demand for silver in China was eventually met by imports of silver produced in the newly opened mines of Spanish America

Question 47

“Their reason for killing and destroying such an infinite number of souls is that the Christians have an ultimate aim, which is to acquire gold, and to swell themselves with riches in a very brief time and thus rise to a high estate disproportionate to their merits. It should be kept in mind that their insatiable greed and ambition, the greatest ever seen in the world, is the cause of their villainies.”

Which of the following best describes Bartolomé de Las Casas’ primary purpose in the excerpt above?

Answer 47

Advocating for the rights of indigenous peoples

Question 48

Which of the following factors contributed most to population growth in the British North American colonies between 1700 and 1770?

Answer 48

Natural increase driven by farm families’ growing need for labor

Question 49

The United States Constitution as written in 1787 included an explicit provision for which of the following?

Answer 49

A bicameral legislature

Question 50

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry and the Dred Scott decision similarly affected the United States because they both

Answer 50

made sectional compromise more unlikely.

Question 51

One Cold War policy initiated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration was

Answer 51

increasing the United States nuclear arsenal to ensure a military advantage over the Soviet Union.

Question 52

United States foreign policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was primarily designed to

Answer 52

extend United States military, cultural and economic power abroad.

Question 53

Which of the following established the practice of legally segregating White people from African Americans in the South after Reconstruction?

Answer 53

Jim Crow legislation

Question 54

One significant finding of the data in the 1920 United States Census was that for the first time

Answer 54

the number of people living in urban areas was greater than the number of people living in rural areas.

Question 55

In seventeenth-century North America, most British colonial settlements were located

Answer 55

along the Eastern Seaboard or near major rivers.

Question 56

Which of the following ideas is contained in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 56

Legitimate governments derive their power from the consent of the people being governed

Question 57

Which of the following leaders is best known for urging African Americans to concentrate their efforts on improving their education and economic status rather than on an immediate struggle to achieve political and social equality?

Answer 57

Booker T. Washington

Question 58

Which of the following statements best describes the impact that Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin had on large cotton plantations?

Answer 58

An increase in the number of slaves and an increase in the amount of cotton processed

Question 59

José de Escandón played a different role than that of Francisco Hidalgo during the formation of early Spanish colonial Texas in that

Answer 59

Escandón suppressed American Indian rebellions and established new colonies, whereas Hidalgo built missions throughout southeastern Texas to convert American Indians to Catholicism.

Question 60

The provisions of the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 affected Texas by

Answer 60

giving Florida to the United States in exchange for the United States relinquishing claims to parts of Texas.

Question 61

One of the reasons that Mexico granted Stephen F. Austin permission to start a colony in Texas was to

Answer 61

create a buffer between Mexico and American Indian groups living to the north.

Question 62

Which of the following contributed most to the eventual disappearance of long-distance cattle drives in Texas?

Answer 62

The invention and popularization of barbed-wire fencing

Question 63

Which of the following describes a major accomplishment of Oveta Culp Hobby?

Answer 63

As head of the Women’s Army Corps during the World War II, she organized women from across the country to fill roles left vacant by men fighting overseas

Question 64

Which of the following was one significant result of the Texas oil boom in the early twentieth century?

Answer 64

The city of Houston grew from a small commercial center into one of the largest cities in the United States

Question 65

Which of the following graphic organizers is most useful for comparing and contrasting attributes of the North and the South in the period before the Civil War?

Answer 65

Venn diagram

Question 66

A teacher who wishes to incorporate historiography into a history lesson should present students with a

Answer 66

variety of interpretive sources.

Question 67

After a lesson on vocabulary words about the United States government, which of the following instructional activities would best facilitate students’ understanding of the term “separation of powers”?

Answer 67

A nonlinguistic representation of the roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government

Question 68

Which of the following most influenced the process by which democratic-republican government evolved in western Europe?

Answer 68

the English Civil War of the 1640s

Question 69

In his philosophical writings, Plato emphasized the:

Answer 69

importance of religious values in determining questions of morality

Question 70

Which of the following best describes a major political development of the late Middle Ages (1300-1450)?

Answer 70

The growth of monarchial authority diminished the political power of the papacy

Question 71

The capacity of major European nations to alter cultures throughout the world increased most significantly as a consequence of which of the following?

Answer 71

The technological advances made possible by the Industrial Revolution

Question 72

What was an important contribution of Karl Marx to the development of communist economic systems?

Answer 72

He developed a philosophy of history that inspired Russian revolutionaries to create a society based on communist economic principles

Question 73

As a reformer during the pre-Civil War decades, Lucretia Mott best embodied that close relationship between:

Answer 73

abolitionism and the women’s rights movement

Question 74

Throughout much of the colonial period, Great Britain’s North American colonies had limited contact with one another and were more likely to view other colonies as competition, rather than act cooperatively. This best explains why the government created by the US Constitution included which of the following features?

Answer 74

a federal distribution of power

Question 75

Which of the following groups of workers in the United States was most negatively affected by the globalization of the U.S. economy during the late twentieth century?

Answer 75

factory workers in consumer goods industries

Question 76

A map of an ancient empire would be most useful for the study of

Answer 76

history

Question 77

What is not an example of the US protecting its national sovereignty?

Answer 77

President Eisenhower sending troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to integrate the schools