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WorksheetsTexas History Year Review
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which region does this represent?
Central Plains
Great Plains
Coastal Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region does this represent?
Central Plains
Great Plains
Coastal Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region does this represent?
Central Plains
Great Plains
Coastal Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region does this represent?
Central Plains
Great Plains
Coastal Plains
Mountains and Basins
What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
Red River
Rio Grande
The Brazos River
The Gulf of Mexico
What correctly describes the Mountains and Basins region?
Least amount of rain and least populated
More people live here than in any other region
Most amount of rain
Largest region
The Law of April 6, 1830 stopped all American _________ to Texas.
Train routes
Immigration
trade
visits
Mexico came to retrieve a Cannon back from the town of Gonzales. What did the flag say when the Mexican Army got to Gonzales?
Come and Take It
Turn around
This is our cannon
Texas Independence!
What skirmish started the Texas Revolution?
The Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of Gonzales
The Battle of Medina
The Chicken War
Who of the following were killed at the Alamo?
Davy Crockett
James Bowie
William B. Travis
All of the above
Who was in charge at the Battle of the Alamo after James Bowie became sick?
James Bonham
Davy Crockett
William B. Travis
Santa Anna
What battle lasted 18 minutes, was a defeat of the Mexican Army, and Sam Houston was in charge?
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of Gonzales
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of Goliad
Why did Santa Anna decide to have all of the Texan defenders put to death at the Alamo and Goliad?
He wanted to make an example of those who opposed him.
He wanted to give the land back to the Tejanos.
He didn't want to feed prisoners.
His commanders had persuaded him to do so.
When did Texas get annexed to the United States?
1519
1836
1718
1845
Before the start of the U.S.-Mexican War, what did Mexico consider the border of Mexico & the U.S.?
Nueces River
Rio Grande
Before the start of the U.S.-Mexican War, what did the U.S. consider the border of Mexico & the U.S.?
Nueces River
Rio Grande
What is the belief that Americans will dominate territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?
Nativism
Reservation
Manifest Destiny
Antebellum
What does this picture represent?
Manifest Destiny
Mona Lisa
Taking over Mexico and Central America
Taking over the ocean
Which of the following is not one of the 3 branches of Texas & U.S. government?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Joint Resolution
Why did William B Travis write his letter at the Alamo that he signed "Victory or death!" ?
To ask for reinforcements/help
To inform Americans of their plans
To announce their victory
To announce his surrender
The document that ended the Texas Revolution and granted independence to Texas:
Treaty of Velasco
Treaty of Paris
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Gonzales
Sam Houston rebelled against Mexican rule and claimed _ as an independent republic.
(a)
What was the outcome of the Battle of the Alamo?
A decisive Texan victory
A Mexican retreat
A stalemate
A Mexican victory
Who was the President of Mexico during the Texas Revolution?
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Vicente Guerrero
Miguel Hidalgo
Benito Juárez
On what date was the Texas Declaration of Independence signed?
March 2, 1836
April 21, 1836
July 4, 1836
September 16, 1835
What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas?
peanuts
potatoes
sugar cane
cotton
What happened when Texas seceded?
The state became a slave-free territory.
The state left the Confederacy.
The state left the Union.
The state became its own republic.
The Spanish explorer who was shipwrecked on Galveston and was the first European to explore Texas
Coronado
Pineda
Cabeza de Vaca
LaSalle
The French explorer to have settled Fort St. Louis:
Cabeza De Vaca
LaSalle
Pineda
Coronado
The Spanish Explorer who was looking for Coronado:
Cabeza De Vaca
LaSalle
Pineda
Coronado
The Spanish Explorer who made the first map of Texas:
Cabeza De Vaca
LaSalle
Pineda
Coronado
Why did the Spanish explorers spend a lot of time in Texas?
Looking for the Fountain of Youth
Area 51 Rain
Searching for Gold
Searching for their God
What are the 3G's?
God, Gold, and Glory
Grease, Grass, and Glory
God, Gold, Goulash
What was the effect of Cabeza De Vaca performing surgery on a Native Texan?
He was thrown back into slavery
He became a medicine man and well known to the rest of the Native Texans.
He was executed for witch craft
He founded Ft. St. Louis
What was the goal of the Missions?
To convert the cattle to be a ranch cattle
To convert Spanish Women to be Catholic
To convert the Native Texans to Christianity and to live a Spanish culture
To imprison the Native Texans
What other European country was the Spanish trying to keep out of Texas?
England
Canada
France
German
What was a presidio?
A Spanish Fort to protect the Mission and the Friars
A ranch
A church to covert the Native Texans
The Spanish Capital building in Texas
What is a sedentary tribe?
A tribe that did not move and stayed in one place
A tribe that moved around to follow the buffalo
What is a nomadic tribe?
A tribe that did not move and stayed in one place
A tribe that moved around to follow the buffalo
Which tribe was nomadic, depended on the buffalo, and was warrior like?
Comanche
Jumano
Karankawa
Caddo
Which tribe was sedentary, farmers and hunters, and was peaceful?
Comanche
Jumano
Karankawa
Caddo
Which tribe was sedentary, farmers and traders, and was peaceful?
Comanche
Jumano
Karankawa
Caddo
Which tribe was sedentary, farmers and traders, and was peaceful?
Comanche
Jumano
Karankawa
Caddo
Who was the first and third president of the Republic of Texas? He helped us win our independence, made peace with Native Texans, and created the Texas Rangers.
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
Who was the second president of the Republic of Texas? He got us more into debt and kicked the Natives out of Texas and constantly battled with them.
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
Who was the fourth president of the Republic of Texas? He helped annex with the United States.
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
Why did the United States not want to annex Texas?
This would disrupt the balance of free state and slave states
They didn't want problems with Native Texans
They didn't want problems with Mexico
England declared war with Texas
Why did the United States want to go to war with Mexico?
To make England mad
To get back at Santa Anna
To reach our dream of Manifest Destiny
What was the territory called that the United States gained after the Mexican-American War?
Mexico
Louisiana Purchase
Missouri Compromise
Mexican Cession
What were the main reasons for the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln was elected
Slave states wanted to keep slavery
Southern states felt the federal government was too powerful
Northern states wanted to get rid of slavery
Who won the Civil War?
The Union
The Confederate States of America
Match the following
Freedom of Slavery
13th Amendment
Citizenship
14th Amendment
All men are allowed to vote
15th Amendment
All citizens are allowed to vote, no matter gender
19th Amendment
What agency helped former slaves with becoming a US citizen?
Black codes
Freedmen's Bureau Agency
FBI
The Red Cross
What kind of groups were formed to stop men of different colored skin from voting?
Hate Groups
Love groups
Southern Boys
What did the southern states have to do to enter back in to the United States?
Add the 13, 14, and 15th amendment
Revise their constitution
Get rid the black codes
All of the above
What made the population increase in Texas?
cattle industry, oil and the railroad
Native attacks, the Texas Rangers, and farmland
The Civil War ending and the Reconstruction era
Wal-mart being built
What was the effect of Spindletop?
The Railroad Boom
The oil boom
The Natives being moved to reservations
The windmills being invented
Who killed the buffalo to force Natives to the reservations?
Buffalo Hunters
Quanah Parker
Buffalo Soldiers
The Mexican Army
Where territory was the Comanches moved to?
Missouri
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
What was the name of the African-American group that was a part of the Union Army? They made peace with the Natives, protected the settled and frontier land.
Buffalo Hunters
The Comanches
The Buffalo Soldiers
The Army
____________was the life of a cowboy. They lived in danger, was paid very little for the long hours they worked.
Cowboy culture
Buffalo Hunters
Native Culture
What was the main reason for the Texas Revolution?
Religious differences
Economic sanctions
Disputes over slavery
Desire for independence from Mexico
Complete the timeline with one of the following events in Texas history
Stephen F. Austin becomes president of Texas
Stephen F. Austin is arrested by the Mexican government
Stephen F. Austin sided with the Mexican government
Stephen F. Austin becomes an empresario in Texas
Mexican National
Conquistadors exploring, Natives dying
Mexico governs Texas, SFA brings Old 300
Only Native Americans here adapting to environment
Texas secedes from Union, Over 600,00 Americans die
What was the overall message at the battle of Gonzales?
They were not trying to send a message
We know we are wrong, here is your cannon
They were daring them to fight "Come and Take it"
All of the above
Who was in command of the Texan army?
Santa Anna
Sam Houston
David G Burnet
Stephen F Austin
Who was at fault for the Dust Bowl?
Nature
The Farmers
no one
The railroad
