POLS 207 PRACTICE EXAM 400+ QUESTIONS &
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2025
What happened to René Robert Cavelier, the Sieur de La Salle's Fort St. Louis on
Matagorda Bay, established in 1685?
It was found by the Spanish and destroyed by them.
After the Texas Revolution, Tejanos, many of whom fought alongside the Texians
in the conflict, faced discrimination.
True
Starting with Reconstruction and extending well into the 20th century, if a Black
American man attempted to vote in the Democratic Party primary in Texas,
______.
he would have been disallowed legally from doing so
Members of the Martínez Rosario family, who currently reside outside Houston,
recently discovered that their ancestor, Hernán Martínez Rosario, a citizen of
Mexico, owned a vast tract of land in what is now Medina County, Texas, at the
time of U.S. annexation. This land was illegally expropriated from Martínez
Rosario in 1857, according to his descendants. Which legal instrument should the
Martínez Rosario family's attorney cite in U.S. court to prove that the land actually
belongs to the family?
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What effect did Jim Crow have on Black Texans?
It made them, in effect, second-class citizens.
The modern holiday known as Juneteenth recalls what event in Texas history?
the announcement of the end of slavery in the state
,What commonalty do Fra. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Vicente Guerrero, and
Agustín Iturbide share?
All these men participated in the Mexican independence movement from Spain.
Which of the following statements best exemplifies John L. O'Sullivan's concept of
manifest destiny?
"God has bequeathed this land to us, and it is our duty to populate it and to
civilize it."
From 1908 to 1915, Galveston's own ______ was the first Black world
heavyweight champion.
Jack Johnson
What commonality do the Alabama-Coushatta, Kickapoo, and Tigua share in
Texas?
They are three federally recognized tribes with Texas reservations. 1
Which statement about Texas secession in 1861 is historically accurate?
Secessionists circumvented Governor Houston to pass the secession ordinance.
Richmond was a former Confederate Army officer during the Civil War now living
in Texas in 1873. He believes in racial segregation and the natural inferiority of
Black people. Which political party would Richmond most likely support in
Reconstruction-era Texas?
Democrats
Who was the first permanent president of Texas, serving from 1836 to 1838 and
later from 1841 to 1844?
Sam Houston
How did the Compromise of 1850 affect Texas?
It reduced Texas to its current size.
The Comanche were able to dominate the Great Plains from the 17th century
onward because they adopted ______ from the Spanish.
,the horse
______ was the primary cause of Texas's secession in 1861.
The desire to maintain White supremacy
Why did White Americans flock to Stephen F. Austin's settlement in Texas starting
in 1821?
The Spanish and later the Mexican governments offered generous grants of land
with fertile soil.
Which group carried out the 1918 Porvenir Massacre?
the Texas Rangers
In Reconstruction Texas, members of the Klu Klux Klan, Knights of the White
Camelia, Knights of the Rising Sun, and Redeemers all shared what commonality?
affinity for white supremacy and white rule
Why did some American policymakers in the 1830s and 1840s like John C.
Calhoun want to annex Texas?
to increase the power of the enslaving territories
In the early 19th century, the cultivation of which commodity fueled American
expansion into Texas and justified the existence of slavery in the region?
short-staple cotton
Texas's primary significance for the Confederate States of America between 1861
and 1865 was as ______.
location for smuggling cotton
Who came to the Mexican presidency in the 1830s, centralized power, and sought
to put down the Texas Revolution?
Antonio López de Santa Anna
According to the New Regulations for the Presidios of September 10, 1772, which
modern Texas city was the only one that was authorized to remain in land
threatened by Native Peoples such as the Apache and Comanche?
, San Antonio
Keith is a Freedman living in Grimes County in 1869. He works the same
plantation he worked as an enslaved worker. But now Richard toils for money.
That being said, he had no money to purchase land or farming implements, so he
leases those items from a White landowner and repays this landowner with part
of his crop, leaving him further in debt and barely able to feed himself or his
family. In the context of Reconstruction Texas, Richard typifies a(n) ______ in this
scenario.
sharecropper
(KC 1.6) Why are the Black middle-class towns and cities that started many Black
American communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries no longer in
existence?
The communities suffered and disappeared as a result of urban renewal and
gentrification.
kc 1.1 Geographers describe Texas's landscape as ______.
incredibly varied
kc 1.1 Which European power first established settlements in Texas?
Spain
KC 1.1 Which of the following Native Peoples are the first archaeologically
identified group in what is today Texas?
the Caddo
(KC 1.2) After which 1836 battle did Mexican president Antonio López de Santa
Anna agree to recognize Texas's independence?
San Jacinto
(KC 1.2) How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin (patented in 1793) affect the production
of cotton in 19th-century America?
It eased the cleaning process of short-staple cotton, making it cheaper.
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2025
What happened to René Robert Cavelier, the Sieur de La Salle's Fort St. Louis on
Matagorda Bay, established in 1685?
It was found by the Spanish and destroyed by them.
After the Texas Revolution, Tejanos, many of whom fought alongside the Texians
in the conflict, faced discrimination.
True
Starting with Reconstruction and extending well into the 20th century, if a Black
American man attempted to vote in the Democratic Party primary in Texas,
______.
he would have been disallowed legally from doing so
Members of the Martínez Rosario family, who currently reside outside Houston,
recently discovered that their ancestor, Hernán Martínez Rosario, a citizen of
Mexico, owned a vast tract of land in what is now Medina County, Texas, at the
time of U.S. annexation. This land was illegally expropriated from Martínez
Rosario in 1857, according to his descendants. Which legal instrument should the
Martínez Rosario family's attorney cite in U.S. court to prove that the land actually
belongs to the family?
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What effect did Jim Crow have on Black Texans?
It made them, in effect, second-class citizens.
The modern holiday known as Juneteenth recalls what event in Texas history?
the announcement of the end of slavery in the state
,What commonalty do Fra. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Vicente Guerrero, and
Agustín Iturbide share?
All these men participated in the Mexican independence movement from Spain.
Which of the following statements best exemplifies John L. O'Sullivan's concept of
manifest destiny?
"God has bequeathed this land to us, and it is our duty to populate it and to
civilize it."
From 1908 to 1915, Galveston's own ______ was the first Black world
heavyweight champion.
Jack Johnson
What commonality do the Alabama-Coushatta, Kickapoo, and Tigua share in
Texas?
They are three federally recognized tribes with Texas reservations. 1
Which statement about Texas secession in 1861 is historically accurate?
Secessionists circumvented Governor Houston to pass the secession ordinance.
Richmond was a former Confederate Army officer during the Civil War now living
in Texas in 1873. He believes in racial segregation and the natural inferiority of
Black people. Which political party would Richmond most likely support in
Reconstruction-era Texas?
Democrats
Who was the first permanent president of Texas, serving from 1836 to 1838 and
later from 1841 to 1844?
Sam Houston
How did the Compromise of 1850 affect Texas?
It reduced Texas to its current size.
The Comanche were able to dominate the Great Plains from the 17th century
onward because they adopted ______ from the Spanish.
,the horse
______ was the primary cause of Texas's secession in 1861.
The desire to maintain White supremacy
Why did White Americans flock to Stephen F. Austin's settlement in Texas starting
in 1821?
The Spanish and later the Mexican governments offered generous grants of land
with fertile soil.
Which group carried out the 1918 Porvenir Massacre?
the Texas Rangers
In Reconstruction Texas, members of the Klu Klux Klan, Knights of the White
Camelia, Knights of the Rising Sun, and Redeemers all shared what commonality?
affinity for white supremacy and white rule
Why did some American policymakers in the 1830s and 1840s like John C.
Calhoun want to annex Texas?
to increase the power of the enslaving territories
In the early 19th century, the cultivation of which commodity fueled American
expansion into Texas and justified the existence of slavery in the region?
short-staple cotton
Texas's primary significance for the Confederate States of America between 1861
and 1865 was as ______.
location for smuggling cotton
Who came to the Mexican presidency in the 1830s, centralized power, and sought
to put down the Texas Revolution?
Antonio López de Santa Anna
According to the New Regulations for the Presidios of September 10, 1772, which
modern Texas city was the only one that was authorized to remain in land
threatened by Native Peoples such as the Apache and Comanche?
, San Antonio
Keith is a Freedman living in Grimes County in 1869. He works the same
plantation he worked as an enslaved worker. But now Richard toils for money.
That being said, he had no money to purchase land or farming implements, so he
leases those items from a White landowner and repays this landowner with part
of his crop, leaving him further in debt and barely able to feed himself or his
family. In the context of Reconstruction Texas, Richard typifies a(n) ______ in this
scenario.
sharecropper
(KC 1.6) Why are the Black middle-class towns and cities that started many Black
American communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries no longer in
existence?
The communities suffered and disappeared as a result of urban renewal and
gentrification.
kc 1.1 Geographers describe Texas's landscape as ______.
incredibly varied
kc 1.1 Which European power first established settlements in Texas?
Spain
KC 1.1 Which of the following Native Peoples are the first archaeologically
identified group in what is today Texas?
the Caddo
(KC 1.2) After which 1836 battle did Mexican president Antonio López de Santa
Anna agree to recognize Texas's independence?
San Jacinto
(KC 1.2) How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin (patented in 1793) affect the production
of cotton in 19th-century America?
It eased the cleaning process of short-staple cotton, making it cheaper.
