8th Grade History Quiz 17

Father of the Santa Fe Trail

• Sam Houston

• Jedediah Smith

• William Becknell

first president of Texas

• Sam Houston

• Marcus Whitman

• Stephen Austin

established a large American settlement in Texas

• Sam Houston

• Stephen Austin

• Jedediah Smith

missionary to Oregon

• William Becknell

• Marcus Whitman

• James Beckwourth

first used the South Pass to California

• Jedediah Smith

• James Beckwourth

• Stephen Austin

The famous frontiersman and former congressman that fought at the Alamo was __?__.

(a)  

The final battle for the independence of Texas was the Battle of __?__.

(a)  

After Texas was declared to be an independent republic, they were known as the __?__.

(a)  

The first missionary sent to establish a mission for the Native Americans in Oregon was __?__.

(a)  

The journey on the Oregon Trail started in __?__, Missouri.

(a)