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Texas Statehood

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the man responsible for leading roughly 20,000 American, Mexican and European settlers into Texas in 1835?

a)

Mario Hemmingway

b)

Stephen Austin

c)

Mark Jones

2.

Which of the following famous Americans was killed at the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

Joe Montana

b)

Mario Lopez

c)

Davy Crockett

3.

Which of the following was a term set forth by the Mexican government that applied to the settlers moving into Texas?

a)

They must learn to speak Spanish

b)

They were not allowed to use American money

c)

They were not allowed to own land

4.

True or False. Another term set forth by the Mexican government for the settlers of Texas was that they had to become Mexican citizens.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Settlers of Texas had to convert to what religion according to the Mexican Government?

a)

Bhuddism

b)

Roman Catholicism

c)

Hindi

6.

In 1836 who led that Mexican forces that attacked the Alamo?

a)

Santa Anna

b)

Sam Houston

c)

David Bowie

7.

What became the Battle cry of Texans fighting for independence from Mexico?

a)

Freedom!

b)

We want independence!

c)

Remember the Alamo!

8.

Who was the American President when Texas became a state in the United States?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

James K. Polk

9.

Who was responsible for leading the troops who defeated Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

10.

Texas became the number what state to join the United States?

a)

2nd

b)

28th

c)

45th

11.

True or False. Mexico had threatened war with the United States if they allowed Texas to join the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which war occurred when the United States allowed Texas to join the Union and a dispute over where the border between the two countries should be drawn?

a)

World War II

b)

American Revolution

c)

Mexican-American War