The US Constitution and TX Constitution protect individual rights by

listing specific rights in amendments

Why was the Houston Ship Channel built?

to connect the Gulf of Mexico and Houston

How did Tx state government change to help oil industry?

Texas Railroad commission established to control oil prices

From 1860-1900 what best describes Texas society?

cattle drives and wars with Indian tribes

What describes Tx during the Age of Oil?

growth of cities or urban areas

Temperance refers to what efforts?

ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol

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1
The Confederate victory at Galveston-
hurt the Union navy
weakened the Confederacy
created a blockade for the Union
protected the busy seaport
2
How did newly freed slaves make a living?
business
Sharecropping
tenant farming
ranching
3
What year was oil discovered at Spindletop?
1876
1861
1901
1845
4
oil industry put a high demand on what other natural resource?
lumber
cotton
cattle
sugarcane
5
Ranches developing in west Tx was influenced by-
water resources
railroads
politics
oil
6
How did railroads affect farming and ranching?
they no longer had to pay workers
cheaper way to transport goods
paid well for land
ruined lands for farms and ranches
7
The US Constitution and TX Constitution protect individual rights by
allow the election of representatives
give congress power
listing specific rights in amendments
limit powers of executive branch
8
Due to slave labor in Tx in 1845, this impacted them to-
stay neutral
become an independent nation
join the Union
Join the Confederacy
9
What was not a factor leading to urbanization of TX
jobs in farming and ranching
jobs in manufacturing
jobs in oil and gas
improved transportation
10
Why was the Houston Ship Channel built?
to connect Houston and the Miss River
to let farmers reach new markets
to protect the city from flooding
to connect the Gulf of Mexico and Houston
11
who is the leader of the Petticoat lobby?
Barbara Johnson
Mary Kay Ash
Jane McCallum
Oveta Culp
12
Police, emergency services and water and sewer are
national govt
county govt
state govt
city govt
13
Which headline best describes Tx during the Civil war?
The Union must be preserved
Fight for freedom from Mexico
Citizens divided over slavery
Texas welcomes Indians as citizens
14
Early 1900's-rationing, women were nurses, 5000 died -
WWI
WWII
civil war
Vietnam
15
How did Tx state government change to help oil industry?
Texas Railroad commission established to control oil prices
Texas Surveyors office was created to locate oil
energy office was regulating
quality control to prevent pollution
16
From 1860-1900 what best describes Texas society?
independence from Mexico
women and african americans fighting for civil rights
drilling for oil
cattle drives and wars with Indian tribes
17
how low prices affected farmers
high machinery cost=high profit
land prices=higher profits
low crop prices=low profits
high demand crops=lower profit
18
What describes Tx during the Age of Oil?
decline in job opportunities
growth of cities or urban areas
decline in industrialization
growth of cattle drives
19
Black Codes were designed to-
amend the constitution
encourage slaves to vote
deny slaves of civil rights
establish tenant farming
20
Temperance refers to what efforts?
improve urban(city) life
regulate young people behavior
ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol
make work place safer
21
Buffalo Soldiers helped control the _______ on the frontier
slaves
Native Americans
Anglo settlers
European settlers

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