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Worksheet time: 8mins
At what battle did the Texians force the Mexican army to surrender?
Siege of Bexar
Battle of Goliad
Battle of Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
Who founded the American settlement in Texas?
Steven Austin
Christopher Columbus
John Smith
James Madison
Who commanded the Texian army at the Battle of San Jacinto?
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
William Travis
Stephen Austin
Why did the US government force the Cherokee and other “Civilized Tribes” to leave their homes and move west?
The US government wanted to punish Native Americans for the resistance to US policies
White settlers wanted the Indian lands
The US government wanted to expand its border
The US government wanted to assimilate Native Americans into American culture
What was a free state?
A state that allowed slavery within its borders
A state that was part of the union during the Civil War
A state that was part of the confederacy during the Civil War
A state that forbade slavery with in its borders
Who encourage South Carolina to ignore a federal law?
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
John C. Calhoun
Who thought that over union ended freedom would end?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Daniel Webster
James Madison
Who invented the cotton gin?
Alexander Graham Bell
Eli Whitney
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison
How did the Missouri compromise of 1820 solve the problem of whether to allow slavery in the territories of the United States?
Granting the right to vote to African-Americans
Allowing states to decide the issue of slavery
Establishing a system of tariffs
Identifying the mason Dixon line
What was the slave state?
A state that abolished slavery after the war
A state that allowed slavery within its borders
A state that abolished slavery before the Civil War
A state that prohibited slavery within its borders
What invention made slavery profitable again in the deep south?
The steam engine
The cotton gin
The automobile
The telegraph
Who died at the Alamo?
Davy Crockett
James Bowie
William Travis
Sam Houston
Why did Europeans bring slaves to America?
To increase the population of the colonies
To spread their culture and religion
To provide a source of cheap labor
They wanted to have workers on their plantations and in the mines
Who commanded the Mexican army in Texas?
Vincente Guerrero
Agustin de Iturbide
Miguel Hidalgo
Antio Lopez de Santa Anna
In what year were the Texans defeated at the Alamo?
1812
1836
1776
1789
Who composed a written language for the Cherokee?
Sacagawea
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
Sequoia
