4th Texas History 2nd NW Assessment

Refer to the flowchart: What goes in place of the ?

• A Moses Austin builds a successful settlement in Texas

• B Stephen F. Austin becomes an empresario after his father’s death.

• C The Anglo-American settlers who arrive in Texas quickly return to the U.S.

• D The settlement fails because of Native American attacks.

Why do most historians consider Stephen F. Austin to be the “most successful” empresario in Mexican Texas?

• He settled less families in Texas than his contracts allowed.

• He settled more families in Texas than any other empresario.

• He settled families from both the United States and Mexico in Texas.

• He was the only empresario to not receive an official land grant to settle in Texas.

Which sentence best explains why so many people came to Texas during the early 1800s?

• The United States purchased Texas after the Louisiana Purchase.

• The United States did not have enough fertile (good) land to grow cotton.

• Many people in the United States were trying to escape war.

• Many people in the United States had the chance to purchase land.

Which idea best summarizes an effect of this early 19th-century headline?

• The Mexican government raised the price of land in Texas.

• New settlers paid high prices for land in Texas.

• Anglo settlers came to Texas for new opportunities.

• Large numbers of Spanish explorers took land from Native Americans.

According to the excerpt, the Spanish missionaries, padres, wanted to change which of the following about the American Indians?

• A religious beliefs

• B the way they spoke and dressed

• C their nomadic way of living

• D all of the above

Which statement from the excerpt provides evidence to support the answer to the previous question?

• A “Their main work was teaching American Indians about Christianity.”

• B “Many American Indian tribes in Texas did not like that the missions were built on their hunting grounds.”

• C “Not only did the padres want to change the American Indians’ spiritual beliefs but they also tried to change their traditional ways of life.”

• D “They encouraged the nomadic tribes to settle into village life.”

What was Moses Austin’s major contribution to the settlement of Texas?

• He was the only Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas.

• He was the first to get permission to bring Anglo American settlers to Spanish Texas.

• He encouraged many Mexicans to immigrate to Texas.

• He served as Texas representative to the U.S. Congress

During the Mexican National Era of Texas history, there was support among many Anglo-American settlers for—

• the return to the United States

• General Santa Anna to serve as the President of Texas

• Texas to be made into an independent state of Mexico

• the election of Sam Houston as the Governor of Texas

In the 1820s and early 1830s, many U.S. citizens wished to move to Texas even though it still belonged to Mexico because they—

• were against new laws in the United States

• wanted to become Roman Catholics

• liked to speak Spanish

• wanted to buy cheap land

Which of the following BEST completes the chart?

• • Assist Native Americans in the growth of Texas

• • Cheap land prices • Better opportunities

• • Expensive land • Religious freedom

• • No threat of American Indian attacks