TX History 3rd Nine Weeks Test

Which of these is a common feature of both the Great Plains and the Coastal Plains?

• Flat land suitable for ranches or farms

• Mountains and valleys

• Deserts with large sand dunes

• Many lakes and rivers that support fishiing

Spain founded this important Texas city in 1718...

• El Paso

• Nacogdoches

• San Antonio

• Houston

European explorers who first explored Texas were mainly motivated by which TWO choices?

• Trying to spread religion

• Discovering gold and becoming wealthy

• Discovering new foods and animals for ranching

• Wanting to spread democracy

• Trying to spread disease

Select one thing that Stephen F. Austin did for the state of Texas:

• Discovered gold in the mountains of West Texas

• Built a mission in San Jacinto

• He explored the areas along the Red River

• Founded 1st large Anglo settlement in Texas

William B. Travis' famous letter from the Alamo was an attempt to get what?

• More ammunition for his cannons

• Money to hire more defenders for the Alamo

• More soldiers to defend the Alamo

• A warning to Santa Anna that he meant business

Lots of Texans wanted Texas to be annexed by the United States. What was one of their motivations for that?

• To pay Texas' debts

• To add more slaves

• To get more ships into the Texas Navy

• To humiliate Mexico

Which era of Texas history included these 3 items:

*write and adopt a new state constitution

*ratify the 14th Amendment

• World War I

• Reconstruction

• The Civil War

• Spanish Exporation

In what year did the Civil War begin?

• 1861

• 1865

• 1849

• 1875

What event occurred in Texas in 1861?

• San Antonio was founded

• Texas seceded from the U.S.

• Battle of San Jacinto

• Sam Houston died

What kept enslaved people in Texas from finding out about the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The Proclamation didn't apply to Texas

• President Lincoln kept the Proclamation a secret

• There were no enslaved people in Texas

• Owners didn't tell them or free them