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Texas History Year Review

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region does this represent?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

2.

Which region does this represent?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

3.

Which region does this represent?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

4.

Which region does this represent?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

5.

What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?

a)

Red River

b)

Rio Grande

c)

The Brazos River

d)

The Gulf of Mexico

6.

What correctly describes the Mountains and Basins region?

a)


Least amount of rain and least populated

b)

More people live here than in any other region

c)

Most amount of rain

d)


Largest region

7.

The Law of April 6, 1830 stopped all American _________ to Texas.

a)

Train routes

b)

Immigration

c)

trade

d)

visits

8.

Mexico came to retrieve a Cannon back from the town of Gonzales. What did the flag say when the Mexican Army got to Gonzales?

a)

Come and Take It

b)

Turn around

c)

This is our cannon

d)

Texas Independence!

9.

What skirmish started the Texas Revolution?

a)

The Battle of the Alamo

b)

The Battle of Gonzales

c)

The Battle of Medina

d)

The Chicken War

10.

Who of the following were killed at the Alamo?

a)

Davy Crockett

b)

James Bowie

c)

William B. Travis

d)

All of the above

11.

Who was in charge at the Battle of the Alamo after James Bowie became sick?

a)

James Bonham

b)

Davy Crockett

c)

William B. Travis

d)

Santa Anna

12.

What battle lasted 18 minutes, was a defeat of the Mexican Army, and Sam Houston was in charge?

a)

Battle of the Alamo

b)

Battle of Gonzales

c)

Battle of San Jacinto

d)

Battle of Goliad

13.

Why did Santa Anna decide to have all of the Texan defenders put to death at the Alamo and Goliad?

a)

He wanted to make an example of those who opposed him.

b)

He wanted to give the land back to the Tejanos.

c)


He didn't want to feed prisoners.

d)

His commanders had persuaded him to do so.

14.

When did Texas get annexed to the United States?

a)


1519

b)

1836

c)

1718

d)

1845

15.

Before the start of the U.S.-Mexican War, what did Mexico consider the border of Mexico & the U.S.?

a)

Nueces River

b)


Rio Grande

16.

Before the start of the U.S.-Mexican War, what did the U.S. consider the border of Mexico & the U.S.?

a)

Nueces River

b)


Rio Grande

17.

What is the belief that Americans will dominate territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Nativism

b)

Reservation

c)


Manifest Destiny

d)

Antebellum

18.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Mona Lisa

c)

Taking over Mexico and Central America

d)

Taking over the ocean

19.

Which of the following is not one of the 3 branches of Texas & U.S. government?

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Joint Resolution

20.

Why did William B Travis write his letter at the Alamo that he signed "Victory or death!" ?

a)


To ask for reinforcements/help

b)

To inform Americans of their plans

c)


To announce their victory

d)

To announce his surrender

21.

The document that ended the Texas Revolution and granted independence to Texas:

a)

Treaty of Velasco

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)



Battle of Gonzales

22.

Sam Houston rebelled against Mexican rule and claimed _ as an independent republic.

(a)  

23.

What was the outcome of the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

A decisive Texan victory

b)

A Mexican retreat

c)

A stalemate

d)

A Mexican victory

24.

Who was the President of Mexico during the Texas Revolution?

a)

Antonio López de Santa Anna

b)

Vicente Guerrero

c)

Miguel Hidalgo

d)

Benito Juárez

25.

On what date was the Texas Declaration of Independence signed?

a)

March 2, 1836

b)

April 21, 1836

c)

July 4, 1836

d)

September 16, 1835

26.

What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas?

a)

peanuts

b)

potatoes

c)

sugar cane

d)

cotton

27.

What happened when Texas seceded?

a)

The state became a slave-free territory.

b)

The state left the Confederacy.

c)

The state left the Union.

d)

The state became its own republic.

28.

The Spanish explorer who was shipwrecked on Galveston and was the first European to explore Texas

a)


Coronado

b)

Pineda

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

d)

LaSalle

29.

The French explorer to have settled Fort St. Louis:

a)

Cabeza De Vaca

b)

LaSalle

c)

Pineda

d)

Coronado

30.

The Spanish Explorer who was looking for Coronado:

a)

Cabeza De Vaca

b)

LaSalle

c)

Pineda

d)

Coronado

31.

The Spanish Explorer who made the first map of Texas:

a)

Cabeza De Vaca

b)

LaSalle

c)

Pineda

d)

Coronado

32.

Why did the Spanish explorers spend a lot of time in Texas?

a)


Looking for the Fountain of Youth

b)

Area 51 Rain

c)

Searching for Gold

d)


Searching for their God

33.

What are the 3G's?

a)

God, Gold, and Glory

b)

Grease, Grass, and Glory

c)

God, Gold, Goulash

34.

What was the effect of Cabeza De Vaca performing surgery on a Native Texan?

a)

He was thrown back into slavery

b)

He became a medicine man and well known to the rest of the Native Texans.

c)

He was executed for witch craft

d)

He founded Ft. St. Louis

35.

What was the goal of the Missions?

a)

To convert the cattle to be a ranch cattle

b)

To convert Spanish Women to be Catholic

c)

To convert the Native Texans to Christianity and to live a Spanish culture

d)

To imprison the Native Texans

36.

What other European country was the Spanish trying to keep out of Texas?

a)

England

b)

Canada

c)

France

d)

German

37.

What was a presidio?

a)

A Spanish Fort to protect the Mission and the Friars

b)

A ranch

c)

A church to covert the Native Texans

d)

The Spanish Capital building in Texas

38.

What is a sedentary tribe?

a)

A tribe that did not move and stayed in one place

b)

A tribe that moved around to follow the buffalo

39.

What is a nomadic tribe?

a)

A tribe that did not move and stayed in one place

b)

A tribe that moved around to follow the buffalo

40.

Which tribe was nomadic, depended on the buffalo, and was warrior like?

a)

Comanche

b)

Jumano

c)

Karankawa

d)

Caddo

41.

Which tribe was sedentary, farmers and hunters, and was peaceful?

a)

Comanche

b)

Jumano

c)

Karankawa

d)

Caddo

42.

Which tribe was sedentary, farmers and traders, and was peaceful?

a)

Comanche

b)

Jumano

c)

Karankawa

d)

Caddo

43.

Which tribe was sedentary, farmers and traders, and was peaceful?

a)

Comanche

b)

Jumano

c)

Karankawa

d)

Caddo

44.

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.

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Anson Jones

45.

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.

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Anson Jones

46.

Who was the fourth president of the Republic of Texas? He helped annex with the United States.

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Anson Jones

47.

Why did the United States not want to annex Texas?

a)

This would disrupt the balance of free state and slave states

b)

They didn't want problems with Native Texans

c)

They didn't want problems with Mexico

d)

England declared war with Texas

48.

Why did the United States want to go to war with Mexico?

a)

To make England mad

b)

To get back at Santa Anna

c)

To reach our dream of Manifest Destiny

49.

What was the territory called that the United States gained after the Mexican-American War?

a)

Mexico

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Mexican Cession

50.

What were the main reasons for the Civil War?

a)

Abraham Lincoln was elected

b)

Slave states wanted to keep slavery

c)

Southern states felt the federal government was too powerful

d)

Northern states wanted to get rid of slavery

51.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederate States of America

52.

Match the following

a)

Freedom of Slavery

1.

13th Amendment

b)

Citizenship

2.

14th Amendment

c)

All men are allowed to vote

3.

15th Amendment

d)

All citizens are allowed to vote, no matter gender

4.

19th Amendment

53.

What agency helped former slaves with becoming a US citizen?

a)

Black codes

b)

Freedmen's Bureau Agency

c)

FBI

d)

The Red Cross

54.

What kind of groups were formed to stop men of different colored skin from voting?

a)

Hate Groups

b)

Love groups

c)

Southern Boys

55.

What did the southern states have to do to enter back in to the United States?

a)

Add the 13, 14, and 15th amendment

b)

Revise their constitution

c)

Get rid the black codes

d)

All of the above

56.

What made the population increase in Texas?

a)

cattle industry, oil and the railroad

b)

Native attacks, the Texas Rangers, and farmland

c)

The Civil War ending and the Reconstruction era

d)

Wal-mart being built

57.

What was the effect of Spindletop?

a)

The Railroad Boom

b)

The oil boom

c)

The Natives being moved to reservations

d)

The windmills being invented

58.

Who killed the buffalo to force Natives to the reservations?

a)

Buffalo Hunters

b)

Quanah Parker

c)

Buffalo Soldiers

d)

The Mexican Army

59.

Where territory was the Comanches moved to?

a)

Missouri

b)

Colorado

c)

New Mexico

d)

Oklahoma

60.

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.

a)

Buffalo Hunters

b)

The Comanches

c)

The Buffalo Soldiers

d)

The Army

61.

____________was the life of a cowboy. They lived in danger, was paid very little for the long hours they worked.

a)

Cowboy culture

b)

Buffalo Hunters

c)

Native Culture

62.

What was the main reason for the Texas Revolution?

a)

Religious differences

b)

Economic sanctions

c)

Disputes over slavery

d)

Desire for independence from Mexico

63.

Complete the timeline with one of the following events in Texas history

a)

Stephen F. Austin becomes president of Texas

b)

Stephen F. Austin is arrested by the Mexican government

c)

Stephen F. Austin sided with the Mexican government

d)

Stephen F. Austin becomes an empresario in Texas

64.

Mexican National

a)

Conquistadors exploring, Natives dying

b)

Mexico governs Texas, SFA brings Old 300

c)

Only Native Americans here adapting to environment

d)

Texas secedes from Union, Over 600,00 Americans die

65.

What was the overall message at the battle of Gonzales?

a)

They were not trying to send a message

b)

We know we are wrong, here is your cannon

c)

They were daring them to fight "Come and Take it"

d)

All of the above

66.

Who was in command of the Texan army?

a)

Santa Anna

b)

Sam Houston

c)

David G Burnet

d)

Stephen F Austin

67.
What event caused S.F.A to support the idea of revolution?
a)
Mier Y Teran Report
b)
Arrest in Mexico city
c)
The Law of April 6, 1830
d)
All of the above
68.

Who was at fault for the Dust Bowl?

a)

Nature

b)

The Farmers

c)

no one

d)

The railroad