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The State of Texas Government, Politics, and Policy 2025 Release Sherri Mora and William Ruger
Chapters 1-14
Chapter 1 Introduction to Texas History and Politics
1) The first modern European nation to lay claim to the territory of Texas was
A) France.
B) Spain.
C) England.
D) Portugal.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
2) Of the six flags flown over Texas, which represented republics?
A) Texas and Mexico
B) the CSA and France
C) Spain and France
D) France and Mexico
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
3) The war that led to the declaration of the Republic of Texas began
A) with the battle at the Alamo.
B) in 1835.
C) within months of the arrival of the first American settlers.
D) when the Spanish government imposed restrictions on American settlers.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
,4) Who won the battle that led to the independence of Texas from Mexico?
A) Steve Austin
B) James Fannin
C) Sam Houston
D) General Santa Anna
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
5) What is the main reason why early petitions by the Republic of Texas to join the United States
were rejected?
A) Texas residents favored monarchy, not republicanism.
B) Texas was composed almost entirely of Catholic Spanish speakers.
C) The American government feared sparking a war with Spain.
D) There was controversy over Texas becoming a slave state.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
6) The Adelsverien Society promoted the immigration of ________ settlers in Texas.
A) French
B) Spanish
C) Mexican
D) German
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
,7) Which of the following statements about Spanish influence in Texas is FALSE?
A) The Spanish introduced slavery to Texas.
B) Many rivers, features, and cities still have Spanish names.
C) The Spanish introduced horses, sheep, and cattle to Texas.
D) Current landownership laws still reflect early Spanish legal systems.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Apply
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
8) Which flag was the fifth to fly over Texas?
A) Spanish flag
B) United States flag
C) Confederate flag
D) Mexican flag
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
9) Texas' first petition for statehood was denied because
A) the vast majority of Anglo settlers did not consider themselves American.
B) the U.S. felt that Mexico still had a valid claim to the land.
C) the Spanish and Mexican settlers who remained in Texas threatened revolt.
D) there was not a free state to balance the admittance of Texas as a slave state.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
, 10) Why did the U.S. commit 50,000 troops to Texas at the end of the Civil War in 1865?
A) to prevent Texas from seceeding
B) to secure the border after Mexican encroachment
C) to enforce the provisions of Reconstruction
D) to discourage French meddling
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Civil War and Reconstruction: A Time of Transition
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
11) Which of the following is an example of "luck" that limited Texas's exposure to the ravages of
the Civil War?
A) official French support of the Confederacy
B) the successful show of force by the army of General Banks
C) Native American occupation west of the Balcones Escarpment
D) Maximilian's long reign in Mexico
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Civil War and Reconstruction: A Time of Transition
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
12) One of the primary political goals for Reconstruction was
A) to allow Northern states to be readmitted to the Union.
B) to undermine the economy in the southern states.
C) to restore law and order to a society recovering from war.
D) to reintroduce slavery, in a limited way, in several southern states.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Civil War and Reconstruction: A Time of Transition
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
The State of Texas Government, Politics, and Policy 2025 Release Sherri Mora and William Ruger
Chapters 1-14
Chapter 1 Introduction to Texas History and Politics
1) The first modern European nation to lay claim to the territory of Texas was
A) France.
B) Spain.
C) England.
D) Portugal.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
2) Of the six flags flown over Texas, which represented republics?
A) Texas and Mexico
B) the CSA and France
C) Spain and France
D) France and Mexico
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
3) The war that led to the declaration of the Republic of Texas began
A) with the battle at the Alamo.
B) in 1835.
C) within months of the arrival of the first American settlers.
D) when the Spanish government imposed restrictions on American settlers.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
,4) Who won the battle that led to the independence of Texas from Mexico?
A) Steve Austin
B) James Fannin
C) Sam Houston
D) General Santa Anna
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
5) What is the main reason why early petitions by the Republic of Texas to join the United States
were rejected?
A) Texas residents favored monarchy, not republicanism.
B) Texas was composed almost entirely of Catholic Spanish speakers.
C) The American government feared sparking a war with Spain.
D) There was controversy over Texas becoming a slave state.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
6) The Adelsverien Society promoted the immigration of ________ settlers in Texas.
A) French
B) Spanish
C) Mexican
D) German
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
,7) Which of the following statements about Spanish influence in Texas is FALSE?
A) The Spanish introduced slavery to Texas.
B) Many rivers, features, and cities still have Spanish names.
C) The Spanish introduced horses, sheep, and cattle to Texas.
D) Current landownership laws still reflect early Spanish legal systems.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Apply
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
8) Which flag was the fifth to fly over Texas?
A) Spanish flag
B) United States flag
C) Confederate flag
D) Mexican flag
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
9) Texas' first petition for statehood was denied because
A) the vast majority of Anglo settlers did not consider themselves American.
B) the U.S. felt that Mexico still had a valid claim to the land.
C) the Spanish and Mexican settlers who remained in Texas threatened revolt.
D) there was not a free state to balance the admittance of Texas as a slave state.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Flags of Texas: From Spain to Statehood
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
, 10) Why did the U.S. commit 50,000 troops to Texas at the end of the Civil War in 1865?
A) to prevent Texas from seceeding
B) to secure the border after Mexican encroachment
C) to enforce the provisions of Reconstruction
D) to discourage French meddling
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Civil War and Reconstruction: A Time of Transition
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
11) Which of the following is an example of "luck" that limited Texas's exposure to the ravages of
the Civil War?
A) official French support of the Confederacy
B) the successful show of force by the army of General Banks
C) Native American occupation west of the Balcones Escarpment
D) Maximilian's long reign in Mexico
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: Civil War and Reconstruction: A Time of Transition
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
12) One of the primary political goals for Reconstruction was
A) to allow Northern states to be readmitted to the Union.
B) to undermine the economy in the southern states.
C) to restore law and order to a society recovering from war.
D) to reintroduce slavery, in a limited way, in several southern states.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: Civil War and Reconstruction: A Time of Transition
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Texas Standards: LO-1. Explain the origin and development of the Texas constitution.
Chapter: Introduction to Texas History and Politics
