TX Studies 3.6 PDOL Review

Which of the following scenarios would HELP the oil industry in the US? (Hint: think about profit, supply, and demand)

• more electric cars

• more people purchasing cars that use gas (oil)

• adding a sales tax on oil

• lower sales tax on oil from other countries

Which of the following were CAUSES of the Civil War? Select TWO

• Expansion of slavery

• Expansion of railroads

• Lowering taxes

• Industrialization

• Disagreements over "states' rights"

What form of transportation contributed to the growth and settlement of West Texas and the frontier?

• Airplanes

• Roads

• Railroads

• Horses

What happened to the buffalo population as people began to expand westward into the frontier?

• It increased

• It stayed the same

• They were used by the settlers for cattle drives

• Nearly all of them were slaughtered (killed)

During the 1850s, which of the following lead to the development of the CATTLE RANCHING industry?

• Use of windmills to pump water into dry land

• Expansion of large ranches

• Railroads

• Barbed Wire

• All of the Above

Match the following amendments to their correct description:

• Right to Vote (Suffrage) for African American Men

• 14th Amendment

• Guaranteed Citizenship & Rights

• 15th Amendment

• Abolished Slavery

• 13th Amendment

Select all of the following that are examples of civic participation/engagement:

• voting

• recycling

• signing a petition

• jury duty

• going to school

During the reconstruction era, Southerners created laws known as "Black Codes" or "Jim Crowe laws" that did what?

• established the freedmen's bureau

• created the sharecropping system

• welcomed African Americans into society

• denied former slaves of their rights (such as right to vote)

What developed because of the growth of railroads?

• Population increased around railroad stations, forming major urban cities

• More buffalo were protected and preserved

• An economic bust in most of the South

• A collapse in farming industries

Which industry relied on the use of railroads to transport their products towards the demand?

• Cotton

• Cattle

• Oil

• Wheat