A) African American involvement in government offices and positions increased -
ANSWER✅
Which of the statements below correctly describes a political result of Congressional
Reconstruction?
A) African American involvement in government offices and positions increased
B) The Confederacy was able to regain control of its states
C) Southern planters lost vast amounts of money when their slaves were freed
D) Freedmen were able to travel freely for the first time
Quiz_________________?
A) African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War -
ANSWER✅
The Buffalo Soldiers helped shape the history of Texas because they were...
A) African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War
B) Anglo Americans who sided with Mexico before the Texas Revolution
C) American Indians who fought with Texas during the Civil War
D) Mexican Americans who defended the Alamo during the Texas Revolution
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, Quiz_________________?
A) Asia and North America -
ANSWER✅
At the end of the most recent Ice Age, which two continents were cut off from one
another, dramatically affecting the course of human history?
A) Asia and North America
B) South America and Africa
C) North America and South America
D) Africa and Europe
Quiz_________________?
A) Commerce and manufacturing -
ANSWER✅
During the 1800s, the economy of the northern United States depended heavily upon...
A) Commerce and manufacturing
B) Farming
C) Slavery
D) Trade with Mexico
Quiz_________________?
A) Democratic Party -
ANSWER✅
Which political party dominated Texas politics for one hundred years - beginning after
Reconstruction and lasting through the 1990s?
A) Democratic Party
B) Whig Party
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, C) Republican Party
D) Know-Nothing Party
Quiz_________________?
A) Destroy tribal bonds and thus weaken their traditional cultural values -
ANSWER✅
In the late 1800s, the goal of the Federal Government's policy toward Native Americans was
to...
A) Destroy tribal bonds and thus weaken their traditional cultural values
B) Give their tribal groups authority over their own affairs outside the law of the
government
C) Increase the number of landholdings of the western tribes
D) Grant them full citizenship and as much land as they want
Quiz_________________?
A) Effect of geography on people's lives -
ANSWER✅
The Dust Bowl experiences of the Oklahoma farmers during the Great Depression
demonstrated the...
A) Effect of geography on people's lives
B) Limitation of civil liberties
C) Result of the Indian Removal Act
D) Success of government farm subsidies
Quiz_________________?
A) Extended drought in farming areas -
ANSWER✅
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, In the 1930s, which factor most influenced the westward migration of thousands of people
from the southern Great Plains?
A) Extended drought in farming areas
B) Excessive flooding of the Mississippi River
C) Destructive hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico
D) Serious earthquakes in Pacific coastal areas
Quiz_________________?
A) In a state of political and economic collapse -
ANSWER✅
At the end of the Civil War, Texas was...
A) In a state of political and economic collapse
B) Eager to forgive and forget old arguments with the North
C) In need of only a few agricultural workers to replace the lost slaves after the 13th
Amendment was created
D) Ready to resume large shipments of cotton to England
Quiz_________________?
A) Many states prohibited women from working so as to encourage employment of men
during the Great Depression -
ANSWER✅
In the United States women achieved notable cultural liberation in the immediate aftermath
of World War I; however, this movement stalled in the 1930s because...
A) Many states prohibited women from working so as to encourage employment of men
during the Great Depression
B) Educational opportunities declined in the 1920s; meaning women were forced out of
higher education facilities
C) The outbreak of the Second World War encouraged the suppression of progressive
movements and a resurgence of reactionary politics
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