TEXES EC 6 SOCIAL STUDIES FINAL PAPER
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
REVIEW RESOURCE
●● Manifest Destiny
Answer: Americans believed it was their destiny to stretch from Atlantic
Ocean to Pacific Ocean...Westward Expansion!!
●● Cold War
Answer: United States v Soviet Union...mainly political, economic and
propaganda stuff
●● George Mason
Answer: American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections
led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
●● James Madison
Answer: "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth
President of the United States.
●● 13th Amendment
Answer: abolished slavery
, ●● 14th Amendment
Answer: Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are
guaranteed equal protection of the laws
●● 15th Amendment
Answer: U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race,
color, or creed
●● 19th Amendment (1920)
Answer: Gave women the right to vote/Women's suffrage
●● Stephen F Austin
Answer: known as the Father of Texas, got land grant from MX and
brought Anglo's to TX; Empresarior System; Dad was Moses Austin
●● Battle of the Alamo
Answer: 1836 attack on the Alamo mission in San Antonio by mexican
forces during the texas revolution
●● opportunity cost
Answer: Cost of the next best alternative use of money, time, or
resources when one choice is made rather than another
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
REVIEW RESOURCE
●● Manifest Destiny
Answer: Americans believed it was their destiny to stretch from Atlantic
Ocean to Pacific Ocean...Westward Expansion!!
●● Cold War
Answer: United States v Soviet Union...mainly political, economic and
propaganda stuff
●● George Mason
Answer: American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections
led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
●● James Madison
Answer: "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth
President of the United States.
●● 13th Amendment
Answer: abolished slavery
, ●● 14th Amendment
Answer: Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are
guaranteed equal protection of the laws
●● 15th Amendment
Answer: U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race,
color, or creed
●● 19th Amendment (1920)
Answer: Gave women the right to vote/Women's suffrage
●● Stephen F Austin
Answer: known as the Father of Texas, got land grant from MX and
brought Anglo's to TX; Empresarior System; Dad was Moses Austin
●● Battle of the Alamo
Answer: 1836 attack on the Alamo mission in San Antonio by mexican
forces during the texas revolution
●● opportunity cost
Answer: Cost of the next best alternative use of money, time, or
resources when one choice is made rather than another
