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GED Test 740 Questions with Verified Answers "WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? - CORRECT ANSWER They are palindromes Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? - CORRECT ANSWER Thomas Paine What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? - CORRECT ANSWER tigerhead What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? - CORRECT ANSWER friction Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle o...

Texas Gov 2306 Collin College -TX GOV 2306 EXAM 1 (ch 1, 2, 14) verified already passed Texas 6 flags - correct answer 1. Spain 1540, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado spread rumors about treasures in Texas 2. France 1685, Sieur de La Salle landed in TX accidentally (Spain returns) 1689, presidios y missions settle Tejanos settled in the RGV 3. republic of Mexico, 1824. fight at the Alamo Feb 1836 4. republic of TX 5.U.S. flag - TX became 28th state of the union 6. confederate flag Gon...

CP US History Final exam study guide questions & answers 2024/2025 Manifest Destiny - ANSWERSBelief that the US was destined to stretch across the continent; idealistic, sent by God, not for economic or territorial reasons Treaty of fort Laramie - ANSWERS1851 treaty that restricted Indians to specific areas away from the major trails Oregon Trail - ANSWERSTrail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s Joeseph Smith - ANSWERSFounder of Mormonism ...

Social Studies 4-8 (118) Texas Teachers Exam Questions and Answers Which Texas city served as the first capital of the Republic of Texas, hosted the first state Presidential Convention and built the first Texas highway? Houston William Barret Travis achieved lasting fame in 1836 as the commander during the final assault on The Alamo Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was the last person killed during the Battle at Palmito Ranch, and probably the last com...

Filibusters correct answers American adventures who had come to Texas to settle and some plotted to take over Texas. Stephen F. Austin correct answers Known as the Father of Texas, led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. Law of April 6, 1830 correct answers designed to stop further U.S. immigration; Stephen F. Austin tried to continue support the Mexican government after this law was passed and encouraged others t...

Mary Lyon correct answers found Mount Holyoke Seminary; promoted higher education for women Uncle Tom's Cabin correct answers 1852; Harriet Beecher Stowe; increased tensions between the north and the south before the Civil War Daniel Webster correct answers abolitionist; approved Compromise of 1850 New weapons of the Civil War correct answers repeating rifle gatling gun (machine gun) iron clad ships submarine (south) long range cannons hot air balloons Harpers ferry correct ans...

TExES History 7-12 Exam Questions And Answers 1529 - ANS Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas Coast 1528-34 - ANS Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca explores Texas for trade 1685 - ANS LaSalle established Ft. St. Louis @ Matagorda Bay, providing the basis of French claim to Texas territory 1688 - ANS The French colony is massacred 1689 - ANS The French continue to claim Texas but no longer physically occupies any part of the territory 1690 - ANS Alon...

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Manifest Destiny correct answersthe belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean Texas correct answersAquired 1845 when Texas declared independence from Mexico and entered the Union Stephen Austin correct answersOriginal settler of Texas, granted land from Mexico on condition of no slaves, convert to Roman Catholic, and learn Spanish Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna correct answersMexican general who tried to crush th...

Social Studies 4-8 (118) Texas Teachers Exam Questions and Answers Which Texas city served as the first capital of the Republic of Texas, hosted the first state Presidential Convention and built the first Texas highway? - ANS ️️ Houston William Barret Travis achieved lasting fame in 1836 as the commander during the final assault on - ANS ️️ The Alamo Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was the last person killed during the Battle at Palmito Ranch, and ...

TEXES Social Studies 7-12 Exam Questions And Answers New Update Comanche - Answers -Native American tribe that lived in Central Texas, mastered the use of horses during battle, and were a nomadic people that lived in tepees. Caddo - Answers -Native American tribe that live in Eastern Texas. Hunted buffalo and had permanent homes that were made of wood frames with mud packed walls & built ceremonial mounds Coahuiltecan - Answers -An accumulation of Native American tribes that lived in So...