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Texas Immigration

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which coastal city in the mid 1800s became the largest city in Texas due a rise in immigration?

a)

San Antonio

b)

South Padre

c)

Galveston

2.

The immigration of people from this area formed unique cultural influences in Texas during the mid 1800s:

a)

Mexico

b)

United States

c)

Europe

3.

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

a)

Variety of foods

b)

Cheap land

c)

Freedom to explore

4.

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

a)

Cheap Housing

b)

Expensive land

c)

Economic opportunity

5.

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

a)

A Sense of Adventure

b)

Theme Parks

c)

To be an individual

6.

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

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What does "GTT" stand for?

a)

Gateway to Texas

b)

Gone to Tortuga

c)

Gone to Texas

8.

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

a)

The South

b)

The North

9.

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

a)

The issue of Slavery

b)

Texas Real Estate

c)

The discovery of oil

10.

Which cultural group brought African American slaves with them when they migrated to Texas, settled mostly in East Texas:

a)

Mexicans

b)

Germans

c)

Southern Anglo-Americans

11.

What is the name given to the stretch of towns, like New Braunfels & Fredericksburg, settled by the Germans in Texas?

a)

The German Strand

b)

The German Belt

c)

The Green Belt

12.

What did many Germans do in an effort to get more family & friends to come to Texas?

a)

Wrote letters home

b)

Printed stories in the Newspaper

c)

Emailed family members & friends

13.

Which significant event in history brought many Irish immigrants to the United States and places like Texas?

a)

The Irish Revolution

b)

The Great People's Strike of 1868

c)

The Great Potato Famine

14.

Created for economic reasons, this was the most successful French colonization project in Texas:

a)

Fort St. Louis

b)

Galveston Island

c)

Castroville

15.

Which group of Europeans settled mainly in Fayette County?

a)

Germans

b)

Czechs

c)

French

16.

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

a)

Polish

b)

Irish

c)

French

17.

Which immigrant group came to Texas in the 1870's and worked on building railroads?

a)

Chinese

b)

Swedes

c)

Italians

18.

The word "rural" means:

a)

city - populated

b)

country - low populated

c)

urban area

19.

The word "urban" means:

a)

city

b)

country

c)

legend

20.

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

a)

Because they wanted to work on American Railroads

b)

Because they had: A Sense of Adventure

c)

Because the New World was different

d)

Because they had:

A Sense of Humor

21.

Bratwurst (food) - Polka (dance) - Kindergarten (school) - Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, and Comfort in the Hill Country (settlements)

a)

Irish Influence

b)

German Influence

c)

French Influence

d)

Czech Influence