Texas History Final Exam Review
1. What conditions caused the dust bowl?
Drought and over plowing
2. What caused the U.S. economy to slow down after WWI?
The government/military cut spending
3. Which governor promised “two governors for the price of one”?
Miriam “Ma” Ferguson
4. Which group fought for the civil rights of Mexican Americans?
League of United Latin American Citizens
5. What were two nicknames of the 1920s?
Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age
6. What happens to the price when demand is greater than the supply?
The prices rise
7. Cattle drives: problems encountered on drives?
Bad weather, Indian attacks, wild animals, bandits and gangsters
8. What is vertical and horizontal integration? Show a diagram of each.
Vertical integration-owning the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process.
Horizontal integration- the owning of many businesses in a particular field.
9. What famous wildcatter discovered oil in east Texas in the 1930’s?
C.M. “Dad” Joiner
10. Name and describe the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution:
1. Freedom of speech, religion, press, petition and assembly
2. The right to bear arms
3. The right to not quarter soldiers in any house
4. The right to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures
5. The right to remain silent , unless you are being indicted, protection against double jeopardy, protection from being a witness against yourself, protection against property being taken without compensation and deprivation of life liberty and property without due process of law.
6. The right to a speedy and public trial, to have an impartial jury(peers), to be informed of the accusations against you and the right to confront the witnesses, and provide witnesses, and to have counsel provided if you can’t afford one.
7. The right to a civil trial where suits are brought that exceed the amount of $20.00, the right to a trial by jury.
8. Protection against excessive bail, fines or cruel and unusual punishment.
9. Rights of the people not given in other areas of the Bill of Rights or Constitution
10. The rights of the States not given to the U.S. by the Constitution
11. Define checks and balances and explain why was it included in the constitution? A system by which each branch of the government prevents another from becoming to powerful. The framers of the constitution did not want any one person or part of the government to become to powerful and think of themselves as a king/dictator.
12. What are the three branches of government, their functions and who operates within these branches?
United States -Federal Government Texas- State Government
1. _Legislative______Legislative______
Makes the laws for our country/Congress Makes the laws for our state/ Congress
House of Representatives and Senate House of Representatives and Senate
2. __Executive______Executive______
Enforces/ Carries out/Approves the laws Enforces/ Carries out/Approves the laws
President and his Cabinet Governor and his Cabinet
3. ____Judicial______Judicial_______
Interprets/judges the law ( rulings of lower courts) Interprets/judges the law (rulings of lower courts)
Supreme Court State Supreme Court/Court of Criminal Appeals
Court of Appeals/ District Courts/ County Courts
Municipal and Justice of the Peace Courts
13. What is Petroleum? Fossil fuel
14. What industry played a major role in the growth of the oil industry?
Automobile
15. Why did the state of Texas begin to regulate the spacing of oil wells in a field?
So that fields would not be quickly exhausted
16. What was one of the main reasons for the success of the Cattle Kingdom?
The demand for beef in the east.
17. What caused the cattle kingdom to disappear?
Fences started to enclose the open range
18. What made barbed wire a great thing for ranchers?
It was inexpensive
19. What major crop brought Texas farmers the most profit per acre?
cotton