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taks practice test - Celebrating Texas Online
Name
Date
TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests
TAKS PRACTICE TEST
Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer
the following question.
• 1903:
Girls Industrial College (now Texas Woman’s University)
• 1906: Pure Food Inspection
• 1907: Public School Kindergarten; Juvenile Court System
• 1909: State Library Commission
• 1910: Sanitary Drinking Fountains
• 1911: Child Labor Laws
• 1913: Married Women’s Property Rights
• 1915: Required School Attendance; Working Women
• 1917: Aid to Dependent Children
• 1918: Free Public School Textbooks
• 1922: Bureau of Child Hygiene
1 Most of these laws and programs directly benefited
which groups of people?
A African Americans
B Women and children
D Men and children
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C Native Americans
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TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests ✯ 1
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Use the chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
The Law of April 6,
1830, prohibits further
immigration from the
U.S. to Texas, states
that slaves can no
longer be brought into
Mexico, and places
custom duties on all
goods coming from
the U.S. into Texas.
Conflicts and fighting
take place between
Texas settlers and the
Mexican government
in Galveston,
Anahuac, and Velasco.
Santa Anna creates a
new constitution,
placing all governing
power in his hands.
Santa Anna sends
General Cos to Texas
to enforce his laws.
?
2 Which of the following best fits in the final box?
F The United States goes to war with Mexico.
G Settlers in the Fredonian Republic claim that they are
not under Mexican control and declare their
independence.
H The United States attempts to purchase Texas, but
Mexico will not allow this to happen.
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J General Cos learns of an illegal cannon in Gonzales.
He sends troops down to Gonzales, and the first
armed conflict of the Texas Revolution takes place.
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Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
1910
Revolution
begins in
Mexico.
1914
World War I
breaks out in
Europe.
1916
Pancho Villa
attacks
Americans in
Mexico.
1917
The Zimmermann
Telegram and the
sinking of the
Lusitania prompt
the U.S. to enter
World War I.
1918
World War I ends
3 Why did the United States enter World War I in 1917?
A The United States wanted to help the Allies win
the war.
B Pancho Villa attacked Americans in Mexico.
C Germany attacked the United States.
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D The United States felt threatened by Germany.
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TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests ✯ 3
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Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
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4 Which river lies entirely within the state of Texas?
F Pecos River
G Trinity River
H Sabine River
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5 Which group was reestablished in 1874 to defend the
frontier in Texas?
A Buffalo soldiers
B Texas Rangers
C Confederate army
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D Frontier Regiment
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TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests ✯ 5
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Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
. . . we moved to the Cypress Creek in Blanco county, in January 1867. . . . Before the
Civil War, . . . all Indians had long since moved away from the area . . . but later during the Civil War, the situation changed. Invariably they harassed the people on
moonlight nights while on dark nights there was nothing to fear. . . . For a time one
lived in constant fear and did not like to let the children go even one hundred steps
from the house.
—Ottilie Fuchs Goeth, Memoirs of a Texas Pioneer Grandmother
6 Which statement represents the point of view of
Ottilie Fuchs Goeth?
F She felt the children could safely play wherever they
wanted.
G She thought living on Cypress Creek in Blanco County
was pleasant.
H She felt the Native Americans could be treated as
trusted friends.
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J She thought the families were not safe from the
Native Americans.
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Use the speakers’ statements and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Speaker A: For days, the Mexican army bombarded the Alamo with cannonballs. On
March 5, the army surrounded us. When they raised their blood-red flag and
Mexican buglers sounded the "Degüello," we knew our fate.
Speaker B: They may have won the Battle of San Antonio, but we defeated them at the
Alamo and at Coleto. We will show those settlers that there is no room in
Mexico for Texas independence.
Speaker C: It was a horrible scene. Artillery was being shot all around us and everywhere you looked a man would fall. My mother and myself may have been
spared, but we will always remember the Alamo.
Speaker D: We thought we were going to go home. Instead Santa Anna ordered that we
be executed. They divided us into three columns and began shooting at us.
Luckily, I got away in the confusion.
7 Who was Speaker B?
A A soldier at the Alamo
B A survivor of Goliad
C A child who survived the Alamo
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D A soldier in the Mexican army
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TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests ✯ 7
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Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question below.
POPULATION GROWTH IN URBAN
COUNTIES, 1900–2000
COUNTY
1960
1980
2000
Bexar
687,151
988,800 1,392,931
Cameron
151,098
209,727
Dallas
951,527 1,556,390 2,218,899
El Paso
314,070
Harris
479,899
335,227
679,622
1,243,158 2,409,547 3,400,578
Tarrant
538,495
860,880 1,446,219
Travis
212,136
419,573
812,280
8 Which additional category could best fit with the
information in the table?
F People Working in Retail Trade
G Acres Used for Grazing
H Projected Growth for 2020
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J Annual Rainfall
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Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
The Texas frontier
line moves
westward.
The Red River
wars take place.
?
Government officials
encourage the killing
of buffalo.
9 What event in Texas history belongs in the center box?
A Texas secedes from the United States.
B Native Americans are forced to live on reservations in
Indian Territory.
C Reconstruction ends.
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D The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek is established.
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TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests ✯ 9
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Use the cartoon and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
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“Have Fun!”
10 What opinion does this cartoon illustrate?
F Governor Connally needs to address the problem of
pollution.
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G Governor Connally faces unresolved issues after
Governor Daniel leaves office.
H Governor Connally is prepared to address the
problems when he takes office.
J Governor Daniel did a good job while in office.
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Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer
the following question.
• Equality for African Americans
• Prevention of former Confederate soldiers from holding public
office without Congress’s approval
• Cancellation of the public debt of the Confederacy
• Elimination of the Confederacy’s legal existence
11 Which amendment included all of the provisions listed
in the box?
A Nineteenth Amendment
B Thirteenth Amendment
C Fifteenth Amendment
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D Fourteenth Amendment
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TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests ✯ 11
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Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Cause and Effect: U.S. Expansion, 1846–1853
Cause
Effect
Westward trails move thousands
to new territories
Oregon Territory acquired by U.S.
Austin and others colonize Texas
Texas Revolution
United States annexes Texas
War with Mexico
Mexican Cession acquired by U.S.
U.S. expands from “sea to sea”
Transcontinental railroad needed
Gadsen Purchase
Thousands of gold seekers rush to
California
California becomes a state
12 What was the immediate result of the Mexican War?
F The U.S. stretched as far as the West Coast.
G Texas was annexed.
H The transcontinental railroad was built.
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J California became a state.
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13 In most parts of the South, free African Americans —
A could easily find work in factories that slaves were not
allowed to take
B risked being sold into slavery if they associated
with slaves
C had to work in plantations under the same conditions
as slaves
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D like slaves, were not able to vote or get an education
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Use the maps and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Distribution of Slave Population, 1860
N
NEBRASKA
TERRITORY
VA.
KANSAS
TERRITORY
INDIAN
TERR.
TEXAS
MO.
ARK.
KY.
N.C.
TENN.
GA.
LA. MISS.
S.C.
ALA.
FLA.
0
0
DEL.
MD.
Percent of slaves in the
total population
0 percent
50 percent or less
More than 50 percent
250 mi
500 km
Areas of Cotton Production, 1860
VA.
N.C.
TENN.
GA.
ARK.
S.C.
Major production areas
Minor production areas
ALA.
TEXAS
N
LA. MISS.
FLA.
0
250 mi
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0
500 km
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14 Which states had the highest percentage of slaves and
major cotton production?
F Florida, South Carolina, and Arkansas
G Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
H Texas, Louisiana, and Tennessee
J Virginia, North Carolina, and Arkansas
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Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
[I]f the United States be not a government proper, but an association of states in the
nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all
the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it—break it, so to speak—
but does it not require all to lawfully rescind [cancel] it?
—Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861
15 Abraham Lincoln believed that the Founding Fathers
intended to form a single nation that would last for all
time. According to the excerpt —
A the North had to occupy the South to force it to stay
in the Union
B fugitive slaves had to be returned to their owners
C the Constitution had to be amended to settle the issue
of nullification
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D the Southern states did not have the legal right to
secede from the Union
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Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
Growth of the United States
TREATY WITH
BRITAIN 1842
OREGON
TERRITORY
(from Great
Britain, 1846)
TREATY WITH
BRITAIN
1818
M
i
iss
ppi
ssi
N
ve
r
MEXICAN CESSION
1848
GADSDEN
PURCHASE
(from Mexico,
1853)
E
Ri
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
(from France, 1803)
W
UNITED STATES
1783
TEXAS ANNEXATION
(from
Mexico,
1845
(from
Republic
of Texas, 1845)
1812
1813
Growth of the United States,
1783–1853
S
Fla. statehood
1845
ceded by
Spain 1819
1812
0
200
400 miles
The United States in 1783
0
200 400 kilometers
Albers Equal–Area Projection
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16 Which agreement gave the United States control of
both banks of the Mississippi River?
F Treaty with Britain, 1818
G Louisiana Purchase
H Gadsen Purchase
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J Texas Annexation
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Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Dust Storm, 1930–1940
CANADA
N
ME
WA
VT
ND
MT
NH
MN
OR
WI
SD
ID
MI
PA
MD
WY
IA
NE
NV
IL
UT
KS
MO
CT
RI
OH
IN
WV
VA
CO
CA
MA
NY
KY
NC
TN
Dalhart
Area of most
severe damage
AZ
Amarillo
OK
NM
SC
AR
Other areas hit
by dust storms
MS
AL
GA
LA
Area of shelterbelt
TX
FL
0
0
400 Miles
800 Kilometers
M EXICO
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A New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
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17 Which states did the shelter belt stretch across?
D Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,
and North Dakota
B Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and
Montana
C California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and
Mississippi
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Use the graphs and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
RACIAL DIVERSITY OF TEXANS
2.5%
Native American
0.4%
Asian
1.9%
Native American
0.6%
Other
10.6%
Asian
2.7%
Black
11.9%
White
75.2%
Census 1990
Other
11.7%
Black
11.5%
White
71%
Census 2000
18 Which ethnic group accounted for 2.7 percent of the
Texas population in 2000?
F White
G Asian
H Native American
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J Black/African American
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Use the flowchart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
SHARECROPPERS' CYCLE OF POVERTY
2 Sharecropper buys
food and clothing
on credit from
landowner’s store.
6 To pay debt, sharecropper
promises landowner a
greater share of next
year’s crop.
1 Sharecropper receives land and
seed. In exchange, he promises
landowner half the crop.
By the time sharecroppers had shared their
crops and paid their debts, they rarely had any money
left. A sharecropper became tied to one plantation,
having to work until his debts were paid.
4 Sharecropper gives landowner
crop to sell. Sharecropper gets
half the earnings, minus his debt
for the year.
5 When settling up,
landowner says that
sharecropper owes more
than he has earned.
3 Sharecropper
plants and
harvests crop.
19 What is the flowchart about?
A Sharecroppers plant and harvest crops.
B The cycle of sharecropping causes landowners to get
into debt, leading them to poverty.
D Landowners give sharecroppers crops to sell.
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C The cycle of sharecropping causes sharecroppers to get
into debt, leading them to poverty.
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Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the
following question.
• Good soil and a favorable climate
• Expansion of the railroad
• Credit
20 What economic development do the conditions listed
in the box help to explain?
F Cotton’s becoming a cash crop
G Oil boom
H Success of lumber industry
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J Spread of ranching
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Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
My father had among his slaves carpenters, coopers [barrel makers], sawyers, blacksmiths, tanners, curriers, shoemakers, spinners, weavers and knitters, and even a distiller. . . . His woods furnished timber and plank for the carpenters and coopers, and
charcoal for the blacksmith; his cattle killed for his own consumption and for sale
supplied skins for the tanners, curriers, and shoemakers, and his sheep gave wool and
his fields produced cotton and flax for the weavers and spinners, and his orchards
fruit for the distiller.
—George Mason, quoted in Common Landscape of America
21 The passage describes life on an eighteenth-century
plantation. According to George Mason, how did
enslaved persons contribute to life in the South?
A They worked in the fields raising food for the people
of the plantation.
B They explored the woods and areas around plantations
for useful products.
C They looked after the planter’s family and guests.
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D They performed many different skilled economic
activities in the community.
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Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Between 1846 and 1860 nearly all Texans lived on farms or ranches. During this time,
the number of farms grew from 12,000 to almost 43,000. Because land was available
and inexpensive, many Texans farmed or raised cattle on their own land rather than
working for someone else.
22 Which of the following is a cause of the increase in the
number of Texas farms between 1846 and 1860?
F There was plenty of affordable land.
G The government gave away hundreds of acres.
H The weather was mild, and the soil was rich.
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J There were almost 43,000 farms.
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Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Elizabeth
Turner Fry
Jovita Idar
Juárez
?
Jane
Yelvington
McCallum
Minnie Fisher
Cunningham
23 Which reform movement belongs in the center circle?
A Public education movement
B Civil rights movement
C Temperance movement
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D Women’s rights movement
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Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer
the following question.
• David G. Burnet
President
• Lorenzo de Zavala
Vice-President
• Samuel P. Carson
Secretary of State
• David Thomas
Attorney General
• Thomas J. Rusk
Secretary of War
• Robert Potter
Secretary of the Navy
24 Which title is most appropriate for this information?
F Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence
G Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Texas Military
H Ad Interim Officers of the New Republic of Texas
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J Survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto
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Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Amarillo
Lubbock
Witchita Falls
Fort Worth
Midland
El Paso
Dallas
Abilene
Odessa
Killeen
Temple
Austin
Beaumont
Orange
Houston
San Antonio
Coastal Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Laredo
North Central Plains
Corpus Christi
Kingsville
0
0
200 Miles
300 Kilometers
Brownsville
25 According to the map, which land feature would a
person traveling in Texas expect to see most?
B Valleys
C Basins
D Plains
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A Mountains
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TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests ✯ 25
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Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the
following question.
• Railroads move goods to the market faster.
• Windmills pump underground water.
• The steel plow is stronger that the iron plow and is long lasting.
• Cotton and cottonseed are processed much faster and more cheaply.
26 How did these innovations in technology affect Texas’s
economy near the end of the nineteenth century?
F The cattle industry grew. In addition to making
large profits from meatpacking, cattle processors
gained even greater profits with the production of
by-products.
G Farming is revolutionized. Farmers could grow
products more easily, and they were able to deliver
their goods to the market much faster and cheaper.
H Lumber became Texas’s first great industry. Loggers
were able to process wood much faster and to
distribute it to more markets.
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J The manufacturing industry grew. Workers found jobs
in factories, and wage earners emerged as a new class
of workers.
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Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Hand-made
articles were
replaced by
massproduced
ones
Unskilled
workers and
children
were hired
for low
wages
People left
the country
to live in
factory
towns
Inexpensive
versions of
luxury items
became
available
?
Workers had
to get used to
doing their work
under close
supervision
27 What was the cause of all these changes to life in the
United States during the nineteenth century?
A Free enterprise
B Technology
C Urbanization
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D Industrialization
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28 Which two groups of Native Texans lived in the Gulf
Coast area?
F Caddoes and Atakapans
G Tonkawas and Kickapoos
H Karankawas and Coahuiltecans
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J Alabama-Coushattas and Wichitas
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29 Which statement best describes a difference between
the Constitution of the Republic of Texas and the
Constitution of 1845 written for the state of Texas?
A The Republic’s constitution protected homesteads from
being taken to pay debts.
B The Republic’s constitution allowed settlers from other
states to continue bringing slaves with them to Texas.
C The Constitution of 1845 did not allow ministers or
priests to serve in the legislature.
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D The Constitution of 1845 named the executive offices
of governor and lieutenant governor as the highest in
the government.
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TAKS Diagnostic and Practice Tests ✯ 29
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Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS COUNTIES’ VOTES ON ANNEXATION
COUNTIES
FOR
AGAINST
Austin
114
1
Jefferson
Bastrop
166
-
Bexar
138
17
Bowie
269
Brazoria
COUNTIES
FOR
AGAINST
-
Lamar
238
7
Liberty
297
3
-
Matagorda
140
-
230
-
Milam
80
14
81
-
Montgomery
534
25
Colorado
168
-
Nacogdoches
401
4
Fannin
226
8
Red River
288
15
Fayette
287
3
Robertson
271
22
Fort Bend
166
1
Rusk
283
4
Galveston
287
125
Sabine
103
-
16
-
San Augustine
227
13
Gonzales
164
4
San Patricio
56
35
Harris
324
50
Shelby
286
3
Harrison
498
5
Travis
107
6
Houston
344
30
95
3
Jackson
58
-
430
31
200
1
Brazos
Goliad
Jasper
Victoria
Washington
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30 In which county were votes for and against annexation
most evenly divided?
F San Augustine County
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G Bastrop County
H Houston County
J San Patricio County
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31 Article 1 of the Texas Constitution is referred to as the —
A Freedom of Speech Article
B Preamble to the Constitution
C Texas Bill of Rights
D System of Checks and Balances
32 What is the purpose of amending the
Texas Constitution?
F To adapt it to changing times
G To place checks on the different branches
of government
H To put into effect newly signed treaties with
other countries
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J To balance the powers of wealthier and poorer states
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Reconstruction: Civil Rights Amendments and Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Granted citizenship and equal rights to all persons
born in the U.S. (except Native Americans)
14th Amendment
• Granted citizenship and equal protection of the
laws to all persons born in U.S. (except Native
Americans)
15th Amendment
• Protected the voting rights of African Americans
Civil Rights Act of 1875
• Outlawed racial segregation in public services
• Ensured the right of African Americans to
serve as jurors
33 Which amendment or law allowed for the election of
African Americans to public office?
A Civil Rights Act of 1866
B Fourteenth Amendment
C Fifteenth Amendment
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D Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Battle at
Coleto
Execution
at Goliad
?
Runaway
Scrape
Battle of
San Jacinto
34 What event belongs in the middle?
F War with Mexico
G Civil War
H Texas Revolution
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J Red River War
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35 More than 50 percent of Texas’s revenue comes from —
A taxes
B lottery tickets
C the federal government
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D fines and fees
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36 Which of these was a disaster for the Texas economy
in the mid-1980s?
F The shift to a high-tech economy
G Overpopulation
H A bust in the oil industry
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J Diversification
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Use the information in the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the
following question.
Modern manufacturing
came slowly to Texas.
Transportation was
slow and expensive.
Communications between
different areas took weeks
or months.
?
37 Which statement best completes the diagram?
A Coal was cheap and plentiful.
B Texas was far from large cities and markets.
C Most of Texas was rural.
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D Many Texans were farmers.
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Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the
following question.
• freedom of speech and assembly
• no unreasonable searches and seizures
• due process of law
• trial by jury
• right to speedy, public trial and to legal counsel
• no cruel and unusual punishment
38 The items listed in the box are rights guaranteed in —
F the Texas Declaration of Independence
G the Constitution of 1824
H the Treaties of Velasco
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J the Bill of Rights
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Use the political cartoon and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
39 The cartoon is about the 1990 race for Texas governor.
Why does the law allow cartoonists to exaggerate the
appearance of politicians or the situation in which they
find themselves?
A Cartoonists use exaggeration to amuse and “promote
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pictures rather than words.
C Exaggeration helps politicians understand their critics.
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Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
But we did assemble to protest against a form of government existing without the
consent of the governed—to declare our right to be free as man is free, to be represented in the government which we are taxed to support, to have such disgraceful
laws as give to man the right to chastise and imprison his wife, to take the wages
which she earns, the property which she inherits, and, in case of separation, the children of her love—laws which make her the mere dependent on his bounty. It was to
protest against such unjust laws as these and to have them, if possible, forever erased
from our statute-books, deeming them a shame and a disgrace . . .
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Address Delivered at Seneca Falls and
Rochester, N.Y. (1848)
40 In this passage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton tried
to show that —
F marriage laws were unjust to women
G voting laws were unjust to women
H the Declaration of Independence applied to both men
and women
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J women were being denied their constitutional rights
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Directions: Decide which answer is the best of the choices given.
Fill in the corresponding oval on this answer sheet.
1.
A
B
C
D
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A
B
C
D
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G
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21. D
2. J
22. F
3. C
23. D
4. G
24. F
5. B
25. D
6. H
26. F
7. A
27. D
8. G
28. H
9. B
29. A
10. G
30. J
11. D
31. B
12. F
32. F
13. D
33. C
14. G
34. H
15. D
35. D
16. G
36. H
17. D
37. A
18. J
38. J
19. C
39. B
20. F
40. J
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