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Expansion in Texas

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the mission system?

a)

Missions to try and convert Native Americans to Christianity

b)

Christopher Columbus's expeditions

c)

Missions to convert Native Americans to Catholicism

d)

No Russian

2.

What is a Land Grant?

a)

A gift to an individual or an organization

b)

Taking land from the Natives

c)

A type of loan from the bank

d)

Biden giving you a piece of grass from the White House saying you now own the White House

3.

What were some problems the Mexican settlers faced?

a)

Native Americans

b)

No taco trucks

c)

No way to grow crops (Taco trees)

d)

Tacos grow on trees, Right?

4.

Who was Stephen F. Austin

a)

The most successful empresario

b)

Ronald McDonald

c)

Some old guy

d)

The President of Mexico in 1830

5.

Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?

a)

The Prezident of Mexico in 1833

b)

Stephen F. Austin under cover

c)

The Mexican Ambassador for the U.S.

d)

The President of the Republic of Texas

6.

What was the Alamo?

a)

An old missions fort where a major battle taken place that helped lead to the independence of Texas

b)

Some place in RDR2

c)

The capital of the Republic of Texas

d)

The Capital of the New Mexico

7.

Who was Sam Houston?

a)

The President of the Republic of Texas

b)

The President of the Confederate States of America

c)

The Governor of the California Republic

d)

Mexico's most successful merchant

8.

What was another name for the Republic of Texas?

a)

The Lone Star State

b)

Dixie Land

c)

The Lone Star Republic

d)

Texas

9.

What was an Empresario?

a)

An agent for the Mexican government trying to convince people to buy cheap land

b)

A person owned a large estate and great wealth

c)

A Spanish explorer who found Atlantis

d)

A general in the Spanish Army

10.

Who were some people who died in the Alamo?

a)

Jim Bowie

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

Davy Crockett

d)

Santa Anna

11.

What state was Texas when it joined the Union?

a)

28th

b)

21st

c)

30th

d)

15th