Exam 1: The Texas Way

The President of the United States when Texas entered the Union if 1845 was_______

The vote of the Texas Secession Convention of 1861 in favor of secession was:

Two men shared command at the Alamo during the siege. Name at least one of them_______

The first Austin colony lay between what two Texas rivers?

The cultural geographer responsible for developing the "Doctrine of First Settlement" was:

Who was the Republican Governor of Texas during Reconstruction?

Which Democratic Governor of Texas supported the Republican candidate for president, Dwight Eisenhower, in 1952 and 1956?

The wealthiest of Stephen F. Austin's early colonists was:

Which Texan served as Speaker of the U.S. House from the 1940s into the 1960s when the Democrats had the majority?

What are "right to work" laws and what are they intended to achieve?

The plantation that Jared Groce built on the banks of the Brazos River was called:

In early Texas, real estate entrepreneurs like Stephen F. Austin were called_______

The Texan who served as U.S. House Speaker in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s was_______

John Nance Garner, Franklin Roosevelt's vice president from 1933-1941, was famously nick-named "Cigar Jack."

What are the strengths and weaknesses of "individualism" as a political value?

Which future U.S. president, visiting Texas in 1848-49, described sugar plantation owner Sterling McNeal as "A shrewd, intelligent, cynical old bachelor"?

The flight of civilians before Santa Anna's advancing armies is called the_______

In the study done by H.L. Mencken and Charles Angoff of data from the 1930 Statistical Abstract of the United States, Texas's overall rank was:

All but which of the following legal devices were used to limit the black vote in early 20^th century Texas:

Describe Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and Texas's reaction to it. Distinguish between and explain the differences between the initial reaction in the mid-1930s and the reaction in 1937 and later.