Ha Test: Citizenship

Front 1

March 30, 1870 saw the United States Congress readmit Texas back into the Union.

Back 1

True

Front 2

The oldest Polish settlement in America is ____________.

Back 2

Panama Maria

Front 3

Governor Sam Houston was vocal in his disagreement about the secession but remained in office.

Back 3

False

Front 4

It is the duty of the ______________ to pass laws to protect equally every religious denomination.

Back 4

Legislature

Front 5

Article _____ of the constitution is titled “Bill of Rights”.

Back 5

1

Front 6

Adopt-a-Highway is helped when a group “adopts” a section of highway that is at least ______ miles long.

Back 6

Two

Front 7

Giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury is called ____________.

Back 7

Restitutio

Front 8

May 13, 1865 saw the last land encounter of the Civil War when the Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought in south Texas.

Back 8

True

Front 9

Though disease, harsh climate and hostile neighbors tested them, Panama Maria residents endured and created satellite communities like Cestohowa, Pawelekville and Kosciusko.

Back 9

True

Front 10

Jose Policarpo Rodriquez (called _________) was known as a former scout for the U.S. Army, an Indian fighter, a guide, a hunter ...and a minister.

Back 10

Polly

Front 11

Fort Stockton is home to the Zero Stone.

Back 11

True

Front 12

A nation that honors and obeys God will be ______________, while rebellious countries will be ____________.

Back 12

rebuked

Front 13

Panama Maria is the oldest ___________ settlement in America.

Back 13

Polish

Front 14

Lockhart’s Emanuel Episcopal Church is one of Texas’ oldest ______________ churches.

Back 14

Protestant

Front 15

The early Alsatian settlers wanted a chapel and felt it was a priority to have a church built first and foremost in their community.

Back 15

True

Front 16

Where will you find the phrase “separation between church and state?”

Back 16

In a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association.

Front 17

Which is the third oldest Baptist church in all of Texas?

Back 17

Independence Baptist Church

Front 18

“The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from all unreasonable seizures or searches...”

Back 18

True

Front 19

The Kind Ranch alone is bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island.

Back 19

True

Front 20

___________ - the act of taking possession by force

Back 20

Seizure

Front 21

__________ - to exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions

Back 21

Languish

Front 22

____________ - not prejudiced, not in favor of one party more than another.

Back 22

Impartial

Front 23

_____________ - keeping from possessing or enjoying

Back 23

Deprivation

Front 24

_______________ - testimony, a written statement by a witness made under oath.

Back 24

Deposition

Front 25

A _____________ means one business runs the market, and there is no competition.

Back 25

Monopoly

Front 26

Polly’s Chapel is located in ______________.

Back 26

Bandera

Front 27

Even its entry into the Union was unusual, for of all states, only Texas entered the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.

Back 27

True

Front 28

Though outnumbered at almost two-to-one, Sam Houston’s men fervently fought under the battle cry, “__________________________!”

Back 28

Remember the Alamo

Front 29

Texas declared its independence from Mexico in ____________.

Back 29

1836

Front 30

The devastating Galveston hurricane hit the city on September 8, 1900.

Back 30

True

Front 31

The law of _________________ or entailments refers to the bounding of rights that only certain people may forever own a certain piece of land, keeping it off the market.

Back 31

primogeniture

Front 32

A perpetuity is a transfer of real estate for an unlimited amount of time, meaning that a person or family will always own that land no matter what.

Back 32

True

Front 33

“Perpetuities and monopolies are ____________ to the genius of a free government and shall never be allowed...”

Back 33

Contrary

Front 34

Texas was the ___________ state to secede from the Union.

Back 34

Seventh

Front 35

Nacogdoches was the site of an exciting new frontier for a group of Christian in the early 1800s.

Back 35

True

Front 36

It was at the _____________ Baptist Church that leader SamHouston was converted in 1854.

Back 36

Independence

Front 37

Praha’s church’s Gothic columns are painted with art nouveau style which was common in the 1890s, including vines and ferns.

Back 37

True

Front 38

The last battle of the Civil War was fought in Texas at _______________ Ranch.

Back 38

Palmito

Front 39

Texas became a state on December 29, _______.

Back 39

1845

Front 40

A crime victim has “the right to information about the conviction, sentence, imprisonment, and release of the accused.”

Back 40

True

Front 41

A crime victim has “the right to be treated with fairness and with ________ for the victim’s dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice process.....”

Back 41

Respect

Front 42

“Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful __________ of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.”

Back 42

defense

Front 43

“The compensation to ____________ of crime fund created by general law and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund created by general law are each a separate dedicated account in the general revenue fund.”

Back 43

Victims

Front 44

“No man shall be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his __________.”

Back 44

Consent

Front 45

A speedy public trial by an impartial jury helps the accused to be able to present his case before people who would have no prejudice against him.

Back 45

True