Texas History Quiz

The "Grass Fight" was part of what military operation?

• Battle of Goliad

• Battle of Gonzales

• Battle of Matamoros

• Siege of San Antonio de Béxar

In the Battle of San Antonio de Béxar, Texan forces drove the Mexican army into the center of town, where they took refuge in an abandoned mission called the ______.

• Alamo

• Fort Worth

• San Jacinto

• Goliad

Sam Houston relied on the free African American ______ to obtain a promise from the Cherokees not to attack the Texans.

• Hendrick Arnold

• William Goyens

• Greebury Logan

• William H. Wharton

The council named Francis W. Johnson to lead the ______ against Matamoros.

• campaign

• engagement

• skirmish

• war

Governor Smith ______ the council's decision to call for a convention of the people in March 1836.

• approved

• funded

• suggested

• vetoed

In 1835 Antonio López Santa Anna ignored the ______ and made himself dictator.

• advice of General Martín Perfecto de Cós

• committees of correspondence

• Constitution of 1824

• Consultation

• Treaty of Velasco

A ______ is a brief truce between enemies so both parties can discuss issues.

• war party

• negotiation

• consultation

• parley

• siege

The fighters who gathered at Gonzales after the battle there were called ______.

• the Army of the People

• Austin's Army

• Freedom Fighters

• the Texas Revolutionary Forces

The Consultation ______ a statement of principles, called the "Declaration of the People of Texas in General Convention Assembled," in which the delegates declared their support of the Mexican Constitution of 1824.

• adopted

• confronted

• vetoed

• withdrew

The delegates of the Consultation chose ______ to be governor of the provisional government of Texas.

• Stephen F. Austin

• Henry Smith

• William Harris Wharton

• James Fannin

• Sam Houston