Myths and Legends MC Exam #3 Q&A
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Living conditions of Texas laborers retained many aspects of the mid-nineteenth
century, including: - ✔✔the heating of homes with fire places, iron heaters with
coal, and electric stoves.
In 1870, all of the following cities had populations of more than 3,000, EXCEPT: -
✔✔Fort Worth
Which diseases become less frequent along the Texas Gulf Coast? - ✔✔Malaria
and Yellow Fever
By 1900, what was the largest religious denomination practicing in Texas? -
✔✔Baptists
In 1884, the legislature revised the state school laws. The new school law
required all of the following, EXCEPT: - ✔✔"hot lunch program" for all students
attending Texas schools
Who killed the infamous Texas outlaw John Wesley Hardin? - ✔✔John Selman
All of the following were Mexican Americans who served in the state legislature
EXCEPT: - ✔✔Don Macedonio Vela
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, All of the following Texans were noted authors in the nineteenth century,
EXCEPT: - ✔✔Henry Arthur McArdle
Who was the most famous Texas sculptor in Texas during the late 1800s? -
✔✔Elisabet Ney
Who was the Texas Ranger originally placed in command of the Frontier
Battalion? - ✔✔Major John B. Jones
According to the U.S. Census, the population of Texas in 1900 was: -
✔✔between 3 and 4 million people
During World War I, the price of cotton rose from .14 cents/pound to: - ✔✔.35
cents/pound
In 1900, which of the following coastal cities was destroyed by a hurricane? -
✔✔Galveston
Between 1900 and 1907, the Texas governorship could best be described as: -
✔✔conservative
Section 120 of the Terrell Election Law of 1905 stipulated that: - ✔✔in county
conventions where no single candidate won a majority in the primary vote,
delegates would be divided equally among the candidates.
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