Remembering the Alamo DBQ Vocabulary

a companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization

• Anglos

• Tejanos

• comrades

• compatriots

somebody from one's own country

• Anglos

• Tejanos

• comrades

• compatriots

a white, English-speaking American as distinct from a Hispanic American

• Anglos

• Tejanos

• comrades

• compatriots

broadly used to identify Texan Mexican Americans

• Anglos

• Tejanos

• comrades

• compatriots

a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government. Generally, an overarching national government is responsible for broader governance of larger territorial areas, while the smaller subdivisions, states, and cities govern the issues of local concern.

• federal system

• centralization

• mission

the concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority

• federal system

• centralization

• mission

in the late 18th century as an effort to convert Native Americans to Catholicism and expand European territory

• federal system

• centralization

• mission

“cut the throat.” The song was traditionally played by the Spanish army, and now by Santa Anna, to let the enemy know that they were about to be destroyed without mercy. That is, there would be no prisoners.

• beseiged

• unanimous

• employ

• deguello

(of a place) surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender

• beseiged

• unanimous

• employ

• deguello

keep occupied; give work to (someone) and pay them for it

• beseiged

• unanimous

• employ

• deguello