TX History 4.6

The Compromise of 1850

• allowed slavery in California

• stopped the transport of fugitive slaves

• settled land claims between Texas and New Mexico

• returned western lands to Mexico

Which of the following headlines would have most likely appeared in a newspaper in 1861?

• Oil Discovered at Spindletop

• Texas Secedes from the Union

• LBJ Elected President

• Texas Massacred at the Alamo

The battles of Sabine Pass, Galveston, and Palmito Ranch were a part of the

• War for Mexican Independence

• Texas Revolution

• U.S.-Mexican War

• Civil War

By 1869, Texas ratified the 13th and 14th Amendments. What were the political and social effects of these amendments for Texans?

• African Americans continued to be denied for the rights of citizens because of the Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott v. Stanford.

• All former enslaved persons were now able to vote in popular elections and were accepted as equals.

• African Americans had a greater chance of representation in government than previously but still faced many obstacles.

• Most white Texans welcomed African Americans equality and helped the freedmen run for political offices.

During Reconstruction in Texas, the Radical Republicans

• helped ex-Confederates return to office

• enacted black codes and other restrictions on the rights of the freed people

• refused to enact the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

• placed the state under military rule until certain requirements for readmission were met

What branch has to power to approve or veto bills in the state legislature

• Judicial branch

• Executive branch

• Legislative branch

• Branch from Trolls

What is the point in having multiple branches of government?

• To spy on the others

• The U.S. just decided to copy other countries ideas with government

• Checks and balances

• To help our country grow like a tree

What was contained within the Texas Constitution that specified the civil, political, and religious freedoms of Texans?

• Bill of Rights

• a description of three branches of government

• a list of the duties of the president

• the Texas Declaration of Independence

The division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities

• Popular sovereignty

• Separation of church and state

• Individual Rights

• Separation of powers

During the Civil War, unbranded cattle roamed free. After the Civil War, Northern states needed more beef from the South. What should come next?

• The Texas Panhandle divides into farms

• Texas ranchers drive herds of cattle to Abilene, Kansas, for shipment to Chicago.

• The Pains Indians prevent ranchers from sending their cattle to Northern markets.

• States in the Northeast develop their own cattle ranches.