U.S. History — Semester A Practice — Texas CBE™

U.S. History — Semester A

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Question 1 of 10

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The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) was important because:

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Ait fully ended slavery across the entire South

Bit was the last battle of the entire Civil War

Cit was the turning point of the Civil War

Dit was the war's first major battle

Explanation

📌 Turning point of the Civil War. Union victory. Ended Lee's invasion of the North. Bloodiest battle.

Question 2 of 10

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The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by:

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AGeorge Washington

BJohn Adams

CBenjamin Franklin

DThomas Jefferson

Explanation

📌 Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Adopted July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress.

Question 3 of 10

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The 13th Amendment:

Acreated the income tax

Bgave women the right to vote

Cabolished slavery

Destablished Prohibition

Explanation

📌 Abolished slavery (1865). 14th = citizenship/equal protection. 15th = voting rights regardless of race.

Question 4 of 10

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The Louisiana Purchase (1803) doubled the size of the US. It was purchased from:

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ABritain

BFrance

CSpain

DMexico

Explanation

📌 Napoleon's France sold it for $15 million. Doubled US territory. Lewis & Clark explored it.

Question 5 of 10

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The cotton gin was invented by:

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AAlexander Graham Bell

BThomas Edison

CBenjamin Franklin

DEli Whitney

Explanation

📌 Eli Whitney (1793). Made cotton profitable → increased demand for slavery in the South.

Question 6 of 10

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The first permanent English settlement in America was:

ARoanoke

BPlymouth

CSt. Augustine

DJamestown

Explanation

📌 Jamestown, Virginia (1607). Founded by the Virginia Company for economic reasons (gold, trade).

Question 7 of 10

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Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in:

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A1870

B1865

C1860

D1863

Explanation

📌 1863. Freed enslaved people in Confederate states. Did NOT free slaves in border states.

Question 8 of 10

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The Bill of Rights consists of the first ___ amendments.

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A5

B20

C10

D13

Explanation

📌 First 10 amendments = Bill of Rights. Ratified 1791. Protects individual liberties.

Question 9 of 10

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The Great Plains are primarily used for:

Amining

Bsteel factories

Cfishing

Dagriculture

Explanation

📌 Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle ranching). Called 'America's breadbasket.'

Question 10 of 10

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The map below shades each state by how its population changed between the 1930 and 1940 censuses. The country as a whole grew by 7.3 per cent over that decade.

Five of the six states shaded as losing population form one block on the Great Plains. What best accounts for that pattern?

ADrought and dust storms drove farm families out

BImmigration restrictions passed in the 1920s applied only to the plains states

CWartime factories in those states closed and were never afterwards reopened

DThe federal government relocated residents away from the plains by statute

Explanation

Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and the Dakotas lost people as drought, erosion and falling crop prices pushed tenant farmers and owners off the land, many toward California. Vermont, the sixth state, lost population for an unrelated reason — the long drift away from marginal New England hill farms.

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