1) Among the literary and artistic giants in Texas were all of the following EXCEPT:

a)  Andrew “Rube” Foster
b)  Elizabeth Ney
c)  Katherine Anne Porter
d)  Henry A. McArdle

Hint:  pages 264, 273-74

2) As evidenced by the Open Port Law, Governors W. P. Hobby and Pat Neff were::

a)  pro-labor
b)  strong supporters of open ports year round.
c)  anti-labor.
d) anti-communist

Hint:  pages 250

3) Ministers and teachers were considered the:

a)  smallest occupational group of black professionals.
b)  smallest occupational group of clerical workers.
c)  largest occupational group of skilled craftsmen.
d)  largest occupational group of black professionals

Hint:  page 261-62

4) The strongest union in Texas in the early 20th century was the:

a)  Knights of Labor
b)  Texas State Federation of Labor
c)  American Federation of Labor
d)  Texas State Association of Labor

Hint: page 249

5) Which statement about agriculture in Texas during the early 1900s was NOT true?

a) It strengthened the political voice of minorities.
b)  It placed local government under the control of the elite because they were the ones who could be elected through at-large voting.
c)  It abolished ward representation through at-large voting, thus diluting the strength of minorities.
d)  It competed with the cities’ right to home rule. 

Hint:  pages 261-67

6) What criticism was raised about the commission form of government? 

a) It strengthened the political voice of minorities.
b) It placed local government under the control of the elite because they were the ones who could be elected through at-large voting.
c) It abolished ward representation through at-large voting, thus diluting the strength of minorities.
d) It competed with the cities’ right to home rule.

Hint:  pages 247-48

7) Perhaps more important than the discovery of oil itself were numerous oil-related spin-off industries.  These included production of all of the following EXCEPT:

a) petrochemicals
b) carbon black
c) asphalt
d) salt domes

Hint:  pages 242-45

8) The growth of an urban economy in Texas facilitated all of the following EXCEPT:

a) the decline in child labor
b) dynamic labor leadership
c) passage of an Open Port Law
d) in-state migration

Hint:  pages 246-49, 26-61

9)  In the early 1900s, Texas ranked _______ nationally in the lynching of black person.

a)  second
b)  third
c)  fourth
d)  fifth

Hint:  page 258-59

10) Avenues for self-help were found in black and Hispanic communities.  In the Tejano communities, self-help societies were referred to as:

a)  mutualistas
b)  congresos
c)  leagues
d)  social services.

Hint:  pages 265-69