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MOY SS CBA review: Alamo*Republic/Annexation*Civil War*Cattle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the INCORRECT list of people who were at the Alamo? 

a)

David Crockett, James Bowie, Juan Seguin

b)

James Bowie, William Travis, Susanna Dickinson

c)

Enrique Esparza, Juan Seguin, James Bowie

d)

William Travis, Sam Houston, David Crockett

2.

Which of these did NOT contribute toward the Native Texans declining in Texas?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation and Buffalo Soldiers

b)

Increase of settlers on the Texas plains

c)

Many buffalo being killed by hunters for sport

d)

Building of forts and railroads on the Texas plain

3.

Which was NOT a result of sharecropping?

a)

ensured African-Americans kept working in agriculture

b)

Ku Klux Klan began in the Southern states

c)

basically kept African-Americans enslaved

d)

created a cycle of debt for the freed slaves

4.

Who was the Alamo survivor tasked with warning Sam Houston that Santa Anna was coming? 

a)

Enrique Esparza

b)

Juan Seguin

c)

Susanna Dickenson

d)

Placido Benavides

5.

Who was the Alamo survivor who told what happened at the Alamo as an adult? 

a)

Enrique Esparza

b)

Juan Seguin

c)

Susanna Dickenson

d)

Placido Benavides

6.

Which Texas leader worked for annexation?

(a)  

7.

What is being described in the graph?

a)

Problems of immigrating to the U.S.

b)

Reasons the Mexican government wanted Texas as a state 

c)

Issues of the Texas Republic

d)

Reasons German people wanted to immigrate to Texas

8.

Which of these BEST represents a symbol of freedom for people around the world?

a)

Sam Houston Statue

b)

The Texas State Capitol

c)

The Alamo

d)

The Come and Take It Cannon

9.

Who ran the farms and stores during the Civil War?  

a)

women

b)

old men

c)

slaves

d)

teen boys

10.

What is the holiday celebrating the emancipation of Texas slaves?

a)

Emancipation Day

b)

Independence Day

c)

Freedmen's Day

d)

Juneteenth

11.

Who attempted to work out the issues between the Texians  

    and the Mexican government and was jailed for 1½ years?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Moses Austin

c)

Jose Navarro

d)

Stephen F. Austin

12.

Which of these was NOT a job of the Texas Rangers?

a)

protecting the settlers

b)

escorting settlers during the Runaway Scrape

c)

surveying land in Texas

d)

prospecting in the mines of Texas

13.

Settlers left their homes, Mexican Army was on the move, Texas Rangers helped settlers evacuate. What is being described here?

a)

Battle of San Jacinto

b)

Civil War

c)

Runaway Scrape

d)

Treaties of Velasco

14.

True or False: Enslaved people in Texas were not told they were free for 1½ years after the Emancipation Proclamation happened.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Who invented barbed wire?

a)

Lizzie Johnson

b)

Joseph Glidden

c)

Gail Borden

d)

Richard King

16.

What is significant about the Battle of San Jacinto? 

a)

Santa Anna's army won and the Texans were executed

b)

The Texans won and Santa Anna surrendered

c)

It was the last battle and it was fought over a cannon

d)

189 Texans fought 2000 Mexican troops and lost their lives

17.

Who created a cattle ranch of more than 825,000 acres?

a)

Lizzie Johnson

b)

Joseph Glidden

c)

Gail Borden

d)

Richard King

18.

Who helped Texas start and invented a process that made milk safer and some desserts sweeter?

a)

Lizzie Johnson

b)

Joseph Glidden

c)

Gail Borden

d)

Richard King

19.

Which invention by Joseph Glidden put an end to the Open Range?

(a)  

20.

This "Cattle Queen" was the first woman to drive her cattle on the Chisholm Trail:

a)

Lizzie Johnson

b)

Joseph Glidden

c)

Gail Borden

d)

Richard King