7th Grade Final Review
1. What does the motto E Pluribus Unum Symbolize?
2. Who is described; leader of American Revolution, first and third governor of Massachusetts,
large-stylish signature on the Declaration of Independence.
3. Which English colony was established in 1607?
4. What Civil Rights movement was started by Hector P Garcia?
5. Who formed the Committee of Racial Equality or CORE?
6. What year did World War I begin?
7. What year did women earn the right to vote?
8. What year did a hurricane demolish Galveston?
9. What year did Prohibition end?
10. What was the mission of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association?
11. How did WWI change the lives of women?
12. List three characteristics of Texas during the Great Depression.
13. What year did the Great Depression begin?
14. What year did United States involvement in WWII begin?
15. What years did the Dust Bowl span?
16. What year were New Deal programs established?
17. Why were military bases built in Texas during WWII?
18. How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?
19. What year did Texas join the Confederacy?
20. How did states’ rights play a role in the Civil War?
21. What year did Alonso Alvarez de Pineda map the Texas coastline?
22. Which Spanish explorer shipwrecked near Matagorda Bay while searching for the Mississippi
river?
23. Why did Europeans explore the Americas?
24. Which constitutional principle allows people the right to vote about an issue?
25. List three differences between the Texas and US constitution.
26. Which Spanish settlement was established in 1718?
27. What is a vaquero?
28. What language do cities like El Paso and San Antonio reflect?
29. What year did Stephen F Austin bring 300 families to Texas?
30. List three contributions made by Stephen F Austin.
31. What year did the Battle of Gonzales occur?
32. What year did the Goliad Massacre occur?
33. What year did the Battle of San Jacinto occur?
34. What year did the fall of the Alamo occur?
35. What happened to Texas in 1845?
36. Why did Texans favor annexation to the United States?
37. Why do historians divide the past in eras?
38. Why were the Plains Native Americans nomadic?
39. Where is Austin, Texas located?
40. Who was the leader of the Alamo?
41. What area of land was gained as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
42. Where are Houston and Galveston, Texas located?
43. Which region were most successful land grants located?