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WorksheetsTX History Review
Total questions: 145
Worksheet time: 2hrs 49mins
The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America
Manifest Destiny
Bill of Rights
Mexican-American War
Gold Rush
The war ended with 2 sides signing a treaty which took away half of Mexico's land. What was the name of the treaty? (HINT: It's a Mexican Name)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Nantes
Olive Branch Petition
Which part of the country was the Mexican Cession in? (HINT: Not in the North, also a kind of "eggroll")
Northeastern U.S.
Southeastern U.S.
Northwestern U.S.
Southwestern U.S.
Letter D on the map.
If a mother was a slave, her child was:
Free for life
A slave for life
A slave for a short time
Free for a short time
How did cotton relate to slavery?
The desire to grow cotton led to increased slavery
It did not relate to slavery
All slaves were required to grow cotton
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
Why were Africans captured and forced to work in the Americas?
To spread Christianity
To give them diseases
To share riches and wealth with them
To provide more workers for plantations
Who led a raid on a government weapons storehouse in Harpers Ferry in 1859?
Preston Brooks
Charles Sumner
Dred Scott
John Brown
What did the Supreme Court decide in Dred Scott vs. Sandford? (Choose 2)
The national government can prohibit the expansion of slavery in new territories.
Outlawing slavery in a territory is unconstitutional.
African Americans are not citizens.
African Americans who live in free states are free.
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. The south _____________the decision in Dred Scott vs. Sandford.
supported
rejected
excepted
Which was the first state to secede?
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
Mississippi
Which person's election led to Southern secession?
Jefferson Davis
John Bell
John Brekinridge
Abraham Lincoln
In the Election of 1860, Lincoln runs as the Republican. He is against the spread of
voting rights
railroads
slavery
democracy
As soon as Lincoln was declared the winner of the presidency, Southern states started to _____.
fight
secede
protest
cry
Fort where the Civil War began.
Sutter
Lincoln
Sumter
Washington
What does the green color on the map represent?
The poorest states
The Confederate states
The coldest states
the richest states
Last battle of the Texas Revolution
Alamo
San Jacinto
Gonzalez
Goliad
Check ALL that apply. Caused the U.S. Mexican war.
Border dispute between Nueces and Rio Grande River
Mexico wants Texas back
Mexico taking control of California and New Mexico
Manifest Destiny
Check ALL that show importance of Alamo
Bought Sam Houston time to assemble military since it lasted 13 days
Ended the Texas Revolution
Huge victory for the Texan Army
Soldiers were volunteers and showed extreme bravery, this would become motivation for rest of the war.
Led the Mexican Army in both Texas conflict and War with Mexico.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Mariano Arista
Gregorio Ruiz
Manuel Castrillion
Brought the first U.S. families to Texas
Sam Houston
James K. Polk
Davy Crockett
Stephen F. Austin
Treaty ended the US Mexican War
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexican Session
Gadsden Purchase
Treaty of Mexico City
Why did Americans first start coming to Texas
Cheap farmland to grow cotton
Gold and silver
Escape religious persecution
Natives were attacking homes in southern states
What purchase completed Manifest Destiny?
49 degree compromise
Mexican Session
Gadsden Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Led the Texan army and would later become president of Texas
Jim Bowie
Davy Crockett
Sam Houston
William B. Travis
Which battle had a flag with “Come and Get It” printed on the front?
Gonzales
Goliad
Alamo
San Jacinto
Why did Santa Anna want to attack the Alamo
General Cos was once in charge there.
Texans had surrendered in San Antonio.
Mexican soldiers crossed the Rio Grande.
He was furious that Texans had taken it.
Why did Santa Anna and his soldiers enter the Alamo on March 6, 1836
to sign a treaty
to defeat the Texas army and stop the revolution.
to offer to give part of Mexico to Texas
to inaugurate a new president.
What became the battle cry of Sam Houston's troops?
No rendirse muchachos!
Fight for Texas, Boys!
Don't Forget Texas!
Remember the Alamo!
Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
Erastus 'Deaf' Smith
What nation borders Texas to the south?
New Mexico
Mexico
Oklahoma
Canada
In what year did Texas become a state?
1883
1845
1818
1861
The state capital of Texas is
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
Austin
How many flags of different nations have flown over Texas?
6
8
2
4
What is the nickname for the state of Texas?
Golden State
Lone Star State
Volunteer State
Natural State
In what city is the Alamo located?
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
Dallas
What large body of water borders Texas on the southeast?
Great Lakes
Pacific Ocean
Rio Grande River
Gulf of Mexico
What river creates most of the southern boundary of Texas?
Brazos
Red
Rio Grande
Sabine
Where did the name "Texas" originate?
Spanish explorers named it after a region in Spain
Named after a Spanish explorer
Caddo tribe meaning "friendship"
Apache word for "plains"
What did the Apache and Comanche tribes use to make them such skilled fighters?
Resistance to European diseases
Horses
Belief in the afterlife
Guns
If you did not like rain, you would not want to move to this region
Mountains and Basins
Coastal Region
North Central Plains
Great plains
Describe the Native American tribes that lived in the Great Plains
Forests, houses of timber
Desert, houses of adobe
Abundant clay
Grassland, hunted large animals.
Why were some Native American tribes nomadic?
They farmed
They traded with other tribes
They fought with tribes
They depended on the buffalo for survival
Which of the following describes Native American tribes that were sedentary?
Hunted animals
Fished
Farming
Raising livestock
A dry period with little to no rain
Aquifer
Escarpment
Drought
Plain
A large area of land that is flat or nearly flat?
Plain
Escarpment
Canyon
Aquifer
Dry climate, least amount of precipitation
Coastal region
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Which region is blue?
Coastal Region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is orange?
Coastal Region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is yellow?
Coastal region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is green?
Coastal region
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Lipan Apache were ................................. because they
stayed in the same place part of the year, but then they used to move to another place.
nomadic
sendentary
semi-sendentary
The Jumano and Tigua Indians lived in ........................... This means they lived in communities.
the mountains
the river
pueblos
Convention
a teacher gathering to discuss grades
a meeting or assembly of representatives
