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WorksheetsAlamo Westward Expansion Articles
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 24mins
During the 1820s, many Americans were moving to __
New Mexico
Texas
Boston
Canada
(a) was written on doors of homes and barns, which meant (b) .
People were going to (a) for (b) and (c)
The new Mexican president named (a) wanted to stop Americans from coming into Texas.
(a) was an American with a dream of starting a western community.
Who was made commander of the Texan army?
Stephen Austin
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
(a) and (b) were soldiers who fought with Stephen Austin.
What happened in San Antonio?
The Mexicans surrendered because they had so many causalities and were outnumbered.
The Mexicans won because they had few causalities and the Americans were outnumbered.
There ws no clear winner.
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Santa Anna sent an army of (a) Mexican soldiers to crush the Texan army.
Why did General Sam Houston order Jim Bowie to demolish the Alamo?
He believed that the Alamo was falling apart and not worth defending.
He believed that there was no need to hold a city so far from the settlements in the east.
He didn't think that they would win.
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The Alamo was a (a) at the time Jim Bowie started fortifying it.
(a) was a Tennessee rifleman who came to help the Texans.
About (a) men fought against the Mexicans at the Alamo.
The siege of the Alamo lasted (a) and all the men inside were (b)
What does "no quarter" mean?
to take no prisoners
to capture all the prisoners
to let prisoners stay
not to let any one stay at the Alamo
Why didn't Houston and Fannin send reinforcements to the Alamo?
Fannin and Houston did not send reinforcements because they thought that they didn't have enough men to help.
Fannin and Houston did not send reinforcements because they were afraid to get into a battle.
Fannin and Houston did not send reinforcements because they didn't get the message in time.
Fannin and Houston did not send reinforcements because they knew that there were enough men to win.
The Texans used the battle cry (a) as they fought to defeat the Mexicans.
Texas was known as the (a) of Texas when it was it's own country.
