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Alamo Westward Expansion Articles

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the 1820s, many Americans were moving to __

a)

New Mexico

b)

Texas

c)

Boston

d)

Canada

2.

​ (a)   was written on doors of homes and barns, which meant ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
GTT
Gone to Texas
BTT
Boat to Texas
ATT
America to Texas
3.

People were going to ​ (a)   for ​ (b)   and ​ (c)  

Choose from the below words
Texas
cheap land
freedom of the frontier.
Oklahoma
Chicago
cheap food
cheap animals
freedom from the government
freedom of religion
4.

The new Mexican president named (a)   wanted to stop Americans from coming into Texas.

5.

​ (a)   was an American with a dream of starting a western community.

Choose from the below words
Stephen Austin
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Madison
George Washington
6.

Who was made commander of the Texan army?

a)

Stephen Austin

b)

George Washington

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

7.

​ (a)   and ​ (b)   were soldiers who fought with Stephen Austin.

Choose from the below words
Jim Bowie
James Fannin
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
8.

What happened in San Antonio?

a)

The Mexicans surrendered because they had so many causalities and were outnumbered.

b)

The Mexicans won because they had few causalities and the Americans were outnumbered.

c)

There ws no clear winner.

d)

Not Here

9.

Santa Anna sent an army of ​ (a)   Mexican soldiers to crush the Texan army.

Choose from the below words
6,000
1,000
200
2,000
600
100
10.

Why did General Sam Houston order Jim Bowie to demolish the Alamo?

a)

He believed that the Alamo was falling apart and not worth defending.

b)

He believed that there was no need to hold a city so far from the settlements in the east.

c)

He didn't think that they would win.

d)

Not Here

11.

The Alamo was a ​ (a)   at the time Jim Bowie started fortifying it.

Choose from the below words
roofless ruin with a high rock wall
steel fortress with plenty of weapons
cave with no walls
canyon with walls on either side
12.

​ (a)   was a Tennessee rifleman who came to help the Texans.

Choose from the below words
Davy Crockett
Stephen Austin
Jim Bowie
James Fannin
13.

About (a)   men fought against the Mexicans at the Alamo.

14.

The siege of the Alamo lasted ​ (a)   and all the men inside were ​​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
13 days
killed.
200 days
300 days
alive
captured
escaped
15.

What does "no quarter" mean?

a)

to take no prisoners

b)

to capture all the prisoners

c)

to let prisoners stay

d)

not to let any one stay at the Alamo

16.

Why didn't Houston and Fannin send reinforcements to the Alamo?

a)

Fannin and Houston did not send reinforcements because they thought that they didn't have enough men to help.

b)

Fannin and Houston did not send reinforcements because they were afraid to get into a battle.

c)

Fannin and Houston did not send reinforcements because they didn't get the message in time.

d)

Fannin and Houston did not send reinforcements because they knew that there were enough men to win.

17.

The Texans used the battle cry ​ (a)   as they fought to defeat the Mexicans.

Choose from the below words
"Remember the Alamo"
"Defeat the Mexicans"
"We will Win"
"The Mexicans will go down"
18.

Texas was known as the (a)   of Texas when it was it's own country.