Texas History Games I

Match each item with its description.

• Goliad

• Mexican city near the mouth of the Rio Grande

• San Antonio

• river between Texas and Mexico

• Matamoros

• abandoned mission used as a fortress

• Alamo

• General Urrea led Mexican troops here

• Rio Grande

• site where the Alamo is located

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7.8

What were Santa Anna’s ultimate goals?

• to capture the Tejanos and repeal the Constitution of 1824

• to defeat the rebels in Texas and regain control of the territory

• to hold talks with the rebels to reach a peaceful settlement

• to recruit Texas frontiersmen to his army and rebuild the Alamo

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7.3B

7.3C

What caused a political division among the Texas forces?

• Some wanted to attack Matamoros, and others wanted to invade Mexico

• Some wanted to hold the Alamo, and others wanted to hold Goliad.

• Some wanted to support Mexican Federalists, and others wanted to declare independence from Mexico

• Some were led by Sam Houston, and others were led by Santa Anna

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7.3B

7.3C

How were James Bowie and Davy Crockett similar?

• Both volunteered to fight in Texas

• Both left the Alamo before the battle

• Both served as Texas politicians

• Both were from Ohio

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7.3B

7.3C

Why couldn’t the Texas forces prepare effectively for Santa Anna’s invasion?

• Most volunteers had joined for the adventure and weren’t serious soldiers

• They couldn’t agree who should lead them and where they should fight

• Most of the volunteers weren’t from Texas or dedicated to its independence

• Many volunteers who helped capture San Antonio returned home for winter

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7.3B

7.3C

Why was Santa Anna’s forced march to the Rio Grande costly?

• Many Mexican soldiers died from attacks by Texas forces along the way

• Santa Anna lost all of his heaviest cannons along the way

• Many Mexican soldiers died from serious illness along the way

• Some soldiers, horses, and heavy cannons could not keep up the pace

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7.8

7.8C