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WorksheetsTexas Immigration
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 42mins
Which coastal city in the mid 1800s became the largest city in Texas due a rise in immigration?
San Antonio
South Padre
Galveston
The immigration of people from this area formed unique cultural influences in Texas during the mid 1800s:
Mexico
United States
Europe
What's a reason why people immigrated to the United States, as well as Texas?
Variety of foods
Cheap land
Freedom to explore
What's a reason why people immigrated to the United States as well as Texas?
Cheap Housing
Expensive land
Economic opportunity
What's a major reason why many young people immigrated to the United States, as well as Texas?
A Sense of Adventure
Theme Parks
To be an individual
True or False: The Texas Homestead Law allowed settlers the ability to get land by living on and improving it:
True
False
What does "GTT" stand for?
Gateway to Texas
Gone to Tortuga
Gone to Texas
Which region of the United states, North or South, did most Americans migrate to Texas from:
The South
The North
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
Which cultural group brought African American slaves with them when they migrated to Texas, settled mostly in East Texas:
Mexicans
Germans
Southern Anglo-Americans
What is the name given to the stretch of towns, like New Braunfels & Fredericksburg, settled by the Germans in Texas?
The German Strand
The German Belt
The Green Belt
What did many Germans do in an effort to get more family & friends to come to Texas?
Wrote letters home
Printed stories in the Newspaper
Emailed family members & friends
Which significant event in history brought many Irish immigrants to the United States and places like Texas?
The Irish Revolution
The Great People's Strike of 1868
The Great Potato Famine
Created for economic reasons, this was the most successful French colonization project in Texas:
Fort St. Louis
Galveston Island
Castroville
Which group of Europeans settled mainly in Fayette County?
Germans
Czechs
French
Which group of European immigrants founded the community of Panna Maria?
Polish
Irish
French
Which immigrant group came to Texas in the 1870's and worked on building railroads?
Chinese
Swedes
Italians
The word "rural" means:
city - populated
country - low populated
urban area
The word "urban" means:
city
country
legend
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
Bratwurst (food) - Polka (dance) - Kindergarten (school) - Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, and Comfort in the Hill Country (settlements)
Irish Influence
German Influence
French Influence
Czech Influence
