Texas Immigration

True or False: The Texas Homestead Law allowed settlers the ability to get land by living on and improving it:

• True

• False

Which group of European immigrants founded the community of Panna Maria?

• Polish

• Irish

• French

Which region of the United states, North or South, did most Americans migrate to Texas:

• The South

• The North

The immigration of which group of people gave shape to the unique culture of Texas during the mid 1800s?

• Mexicans

• Americans

• Europeans

Which coastal city in the mid 1800s became the largest city in Texas?

• San Antonio

• South Padre

• Galveston

What was the negative social factor that determined the reason why many African Americans came to Texas during the mid 1800s?

• The issue of Slavery

• Texas Real Estate

• The discovery of oil

What's a major reason why many young people immigrated to the United States as well as Texas?

• Sense of Adventure

• Theme Parks

• To be an individual

What was the most successful French colonization project in Texas?

• Fort St. Louis

• Galveston Island

• Castroville

One factor for the number of people (many of them young) who migrated or immigrated to Texas in the 1800s came:

• Because they wanted to work on American Railroads

• Because they had: A Sense of Adventure

• Because the New World was different

• Because they had:

  A Sense of Humor

Which group of Europeans settled mainly in Fayette County?

• Germans

• Czechs

• French