Unit 7 Test

This question has TWO parts. This photo was taken in the Texas Panhandle in 1883. Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answers. The best selection to complete 6 is -

• windmills
• barbed wire
• commercial agriculture

This question has TWO parts. This photo was taken in the Texas Panhandle in 1883. Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answers. The best selection to complete 7 is -

• range wars
• railroad wars
• cowboy wars

What is the name of the first capital of Texas?

• Austin
• Dallas
• Los Adaes
• San Antonio

Which of these is NOT one of the three (3) main settlements in Texas during the Spanish Colonial Era?

• Austin
• La Bahia
• Nacogdoches
• San Antonio

What was required of Anglo settlers coming to live in Texas during the 1820s?

• they had to become Catholic
• they had to pledge allegiance to Mexico
• they had to become Mexican citizens
• all of these answers are correct

What did the Texans declare in the Turtle Bayou Resolutions?

• They declared their loyalty to Mexico and their support of the Mexican constitution
• They declared their independence from Mexico and their desire to join the U.S.
• They declared war against the Mexican state of Coahuila over a border dispute
• They declared plans to build an education system across Texas

What was one of the grievances [complaints] that the Texans had against Mexico?

• The courts in Mexico were unfair
• ALL of these answers are correct
• Mexico was not protecting the rights of the Texans
• Texas had no voice in their government

Which of these answers best summarizes the “Archives War”?

• Spain and France were trying to invade Texas, but were unsuccessful
• NONE of these answers are correct
• many Texan soldiers were killed while defending the capital building in Austin
• Austin residents fought against government workers over official documents

Why were so many people coming to Texas during the years of the republic?

• all the Native American tribes had been removed from Texas
• Texas was paying settlers $5000 to move there
• gold had been discovered in the mountains of West Texas
• there was plenty of good, cheap land available

The “Mexican Cession” was

• the nickname given to the war fought between Mexico and the U.S. in the 1840s
• a meeting of Mexican Generals to determine what they should do next in the war
• the land from Texas to the Pacific Ocean, given up by Mexico when they lost the war
• none of these answers are correct