TEXES 7-12 SOCIAL STUDIES 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Which political party dominated Texas politics for one hundred years - beginning
after Reconstruction and lasting through the 1990s?
A) Democratic Party
B) Whig Party
C) Republican Party
D) Know-Nothing Party - ✔✔A) Democratic Party
✔✔Gordon Granger, a Union General, landed in Galveston in 1865 and proclaimed that
all slaves in Texas had been freed, thus prompting Texas African-Americans to...
A) Pass the 13th Amendment
B) Celebrate their emancipation
C) Support Democratic candidates
D) Fight at the Battle of Palmito Ranch, thus ending the Civil War - ✔✔B) Celebrate
their emancipation
✔✔At the end of the Civil War, Texas was...
A) In a state of political and economic collapse
B) Eager to forgive and forget old arguments with the North
C) In need of only a few agricultural workers to replace the lost slaves after the 13th
Amendment was created
D) Ready to resume large shipments of cotton to England - ✔✔A) In a state of political
and economic collapse
✔✔The Buffalo Soldiers helped shape the history of Texas because they were...
A) African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War
B) Anglo Americans who sided with Mexico before the Texas Revolution
C) American Indians who fought with Texas during the Civil War
D) Mexican Americans who defended the Alamo during the Texas Revolution - ✔✔A)
African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War
✔✔Which of the following was a Texas Ranger who attacked a Comanche raiding party
and also helped rescue Cynthia Ann Parker from the Comanche?
A) Sam Houston
B) Buffalo Soldiers
C) Lawrence Sullivan Ross
D) Quanah Parker - ✔✔C) Lawrence Sullivan Ross
✔✔Which of the following is the BIGGEST reason that cattle drives began to dissipate
in Texas?
A) Too many cowboys were arrested for illegal activities so there was no one capable of
continuing the drives
B) Easier access to rail lines and refrigerated rail cars
, C) An outbreak of a disease called Texas Fever that attacked cattle
D) The invention of the barbed wire fence that closed the open range - ✔✔B) Easier
access to rail lines and refrigerated rail cars
✔✔What impact did disease epidemics have on the Spanish conquest of North
America?
A) Diseases played no significant role in the Spanish conquest of North America
B) The accidental spread of diseases allowed the Spanish to conquer Native American
civilizations that greatly outnumbered them
C) Diseases spread by Native Americans allowed them to defeat Spanish armies much
larger than their own
D) Diseases, such as smallpox, interfered with Spanish attempts to explore North
America - ✔✔B) The accidental spread of diseases allowed the Spanish to conquer
Native American civilizations that greatly outnumbered them
✔✔Which country sold Louisiana to the United States for $15 million and what was their
motivation?
A) Mexico, because they needed to pay their war debt from their fight with the Spanish
B) Great Britain, because they needed money to help recapture the Thirteen American
colonies
C) Spain, because they had lost control of their South American colonies
D) France, because Napoleon needed money to fight the British in Europe - ✔✔D)
France, because Napoleon needed money to fight the British in Europe
✔✔After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, what established the boundary between
Mexico and the United States?
A) Sabine River
B) Red River
C) Nueces River
D) Rio Grande River - ✔✔D) Rio Grande River
✔✔What was the key political issue raised due to the new U.S. territory gained as a
result of the war with Mexico?
A) Whether the new territories had any important resources
B) Location of the border between Texas and Mexico
C) Whether the new territories would be open to slavery
D) Whether Mexico would follow through on paying reparations - ✔✔C) Whether the
new territories would be open to slavery
✔✔A difficult political issue for the United States because of the annexation of Texas
was...
A) The fact that Texas allowed slavery and by 1845 many Americans wanted to get rid
of slavery
B) The problem of war with American Indians
C) That most wanted to be part of Mexico
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Which political party dominated Texas politics for one hundred years - beginning
after Reconstruction and lasting through the 1990s?
A) Democratic Party
B) Whig Party
C) Republican Party
D) Know-Nothing Party - ✔✔A) Democratic Party
✔✔Gordon Granger, a Union General, landed in Galveston in 1865 and proclaimed that
all slaves in Texas had been freed, thus prompting Texas African-Americans to...
A) Pass the 13th Amendment
B) Celebrate their emancipation
C) Support Democratic candidates
D) Fight at the Battle of Palmito Ranch, thus ending the Civil War - ✔✔B) Celebrate
their emancipation
✔✔At the end of the Civil War, Texas was...
A) In a state of political and economic collapse
B) Eager to forgive and forget old arguments with the North
C) In need of only a few agricultural workers to replace the lost slaves after the 13th
Amendment was created
D) Ready to resume large shipments of cotton to England - ✔✔A) In a state of political
and economic collapse
✔✔The Buffalo Soldiers helped shape the history of Texas because they were...
A) African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War
B) Anglo Americans who sided with Mexico before the Texas Revolution
C) American Indians who fought with Texas during the Civil War
D) Mexican Americans who defended the Alamo during the Texas Revolution - ✔✔A)
African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War
✔✔Which of the following was a Texas Ranger who attacked a Comanche raiding party
and also helped rescue Cynthia Ann Parker from the Comanche?
A) Sam Houston
B) Buffalo Soldiers
C) Lawrence Sullivan Ross
D) Quanah Parker - ✔✔C) Lawrence Sullivan Ross
✔✔Which of the following is the BIGGEST reason that cattle drives began to dissipate
in Texas?
A) Too many cowboys were arrested for illegal activities so there was no one capable of
continuing the drives
B) Easier access to rail lines and refrigerated rail cars
, C) An outbreak of a disease called Texas Fever that attacked cattle
D) The invention of the barbed wire fence that closed the open range - ✔✔B) Easier
access to rail lines and refrigerated rail cars
✔✔What impact did disease epidemics have on the Spanish conquest of North
America?
A) Diseases played no significant role in the Spanish conquest of North America
B) The accidental spread of diseases allowed the Spanish to conquer Native American
civilizations that greatly outnumbered them
C) Diseases spread by Native Americans allowed them to defeat Spanish armies much
larger than their own
D) Diseases, such as smallpox, interfered with Spanish attempts to explore North
America - ✔✔B) The accidental spread of diseases allowed the Spanish to conquer
Native American civilizations that greatly outnumbered them
✔✔Which country sold Louisiana to the United States for $15 million and what was their
motivation?
A) Mexico, because they needed to pay their war debt from their fight with the Spanish
B) Great Britain, because they needed money to help recapture the Thirteen American
colonies
C) Spain, because they had lost control of their South American colonies
D) France, because Napoleon needed money to fight the British in Europe - ✔✔D)
France, because Napoleon needed money to fight the British in Europe
✔✔After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, what established the boundary between
Mexico and the United States?
A) Sabine River
B) Red River
C) Nueces River
D) Rio Grande River - ✔✔D) Rio Grande River
✔✔What was the key political issue raised due to the new U.S. territory gained as a
result of the war with Mexico?
A) Whether the new territories had any important resources
B) Location of the border between Texas and Mexico
C) Whether the new territories would be open to slavery
D) Whether Mexico would follow through on paying reparations - ✔✔C) Whether the
new territories would be open to slavery
✔✔A difficult political issue for the United States because of the annexation of Texas
was...
A) The fact that Texas allowed slavery and by 1845 many Americans wanted to get rid
of slavery
B) The problem of war with American Indians
C) That most wanted to be part of Mexico
