TEXES 232 SOCIAL STUDIES 7-12 LATEST EXAMS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The Federalists: (Skill 6.5)
A. supported states' rights
B. desired a weak central government
C. favored a strong central government
D. were also called Loyalists - ✔✔C. favored a strong central government.
Explanation: Tories were called Loyalists. States' rights and a weak central government
were positions for the Democratic-Republican parties
✔✔Generally, ____________ favored low tariffs. (Skill 6.6)
A. Democratic-Republicans
B. the Supreme Court
C. Federalists
D. Congress. - ✔✔A. Democratic-Republicans
Explanation: Supreme Court would interpret laws made by Congress but would not
issue policy decisions. Federalists favored a strong central government and protective
tariffs. Congress passed high and low tariffs at different times in history
, ✔✔What event sparked a great migration of people from all over the world to California
during the mid-1800's? (Skill 7.1)
A. The birth of labor unions
B. Manifest Destiny
C. The invention of the automobile
D. The Gold Rush - ✔✔D. The Gold Rush
Explanation: Labor unions were not first organized in California. Manifest Destiny is the
theory behind westward expansion and the automobile was invented later.
✔✔After the settlers inhabited ______, they believed they were destined to settle the
North American continent. (Skill 7.2)
A. the Louisiana Territory
B. the Northwest Territory
C. the Piedmont of Virginia
D. Texas - ✔✔B. the Northwest Territory
Explanation: Louisiana Territory was purchased after the Northwest Territory had been
opened to settlement. Small farmers lived in the Virginia Piedmont during colonial times
and Texas belonged to Mexico and was settled after the Louisiana Territory
✔✔Which area was acquired last by the United States?
(Skill 7.3)
A. The Gadsden Purchase
B. Annexation of Texas
C. Acquisition of Oregon
D. The Louisiana Purchase - ✔✔A. The Gadsden Purchase
Explanation: The Gadsden Purchase, which included New Mexico and Arizona, was
made in 1853. The Louisiana Territory was acquired from France in 1803. Texas was
annexed in 1845. Oregon became part of the United States in 1846.
✔✔Why did Northerners first oppose the admission of Texas to statehood? (Skill 7.4)
A. Texas was controlled by Mexico
B. Texas did not have the required population
C. Texas wanted to allow slavery
D. Texas owed debts to the U.S. Government - ✔✔C. Texas wanted to allow slavery
Explanation: The Northerners wanted to maintain a balance of slave and free states in
Congress. Texas was no longer controlled by Mexico when it applied for statehoood.
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The Federalists: (Skill 6.5)
A. supported states' rights
B. desired a weak central government
C. favored a strong central government
D. were also called Loyalists - ✔✔C. favored a strong central government.
Explanation: Tories were called Loyalists. States' rights and a weak central government
were positions for the Democratic-Republican parties
✔✔Generally, ____________ favored low tariffs. (Skill 6.6)
A. Democratic-Republicans
B. the Supreme Court
C. Federalists
D. Congress. - ✔✔A. Democratic-Republicans
Explanation: Supreme Court would interpret laws made by Congress but would not
issue policy decisions. Federalists favored a strong central government and protective
tariffs. Congress passed high and low tariffs at different times in history
, ✔✔What event sparked a great migration of people from all over the world to California
during the mid-1800's? (Skill 7.1)
A. The birth of labor unions
B. Manifest Destiny
C. The invention of the automobile
D. The Gold Rush - ✔✔D. The Gold Rush
Explanation: Labor unions were not first organized in California. Manifest Destiny is the
theory behind westward expansion and the automobile was invented later.
✔✔After the settlers inhabited ______, they believed they were destined to settle the
North American continent. (Skill 7.2)
A. the Louisiana Territory
B. the Northwest Territory
C. the Piedmont of Virginia
D. Texas - ✔✔B. the Northwest Territory
Explanation: Louisiana Territory was purchased after the Northwest Territory had been
opened to settlement. Small farmers lived in the Virginia Piedmont during colonial times
and Texas belonged to Mexico and was settled after the Louisiana Territory
✔✔Which area was acquired last by the United States?
(Skill 7.3)
A. The Gadsden Purchase
B. Annexation of Texas
C. Acquisition of Oregon
D. The Louisiana Purchase - ✔✔A. The Gadsden Purchase
Explanation: The Gadsden Purchase, which included New Mexico and Arizona, was
made in 1853. The Louisiana Territory was acquired from France in 1803. Texas was
annexed in 1845. Oregon became part of the United States in 1846.
✔✔Why did Northerners first oppose the admission of Texas to statehood? (Skill 7.4)
A. Texas was controlled by Mexico
B. Texas did not have the required population
C. Texas wanted to allow slavery
D. Texas owed debts to the U.S. Government - ✔✔C. Texas wanted to allow slavery
Explanation: The Northerners wanted to maintain a balance of slave and free states in
Congress. Texas was no longer controlled by Mexico when it applied for statehoood.
