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Texas History Quiz

The following questions test the history of Texas before it was admitted as the 28th state in the United States.

Quiz ID:	#12107
Fun:	(1.98)
Difficulty:	(2.05)
Category:	History > United States
Created By:	relay

#1 What region in Texas was the most difficult environment for finding food for the Native Americans who lived there?

Southeastern
Plains
Puebloen
Western Gulf

#2 Spain gained a good map of the Texas coast from which of the following expeditions?

Cabeza de Vaca expedition
Narvaez expedition
Alvarez de Pineda expedition
Moscoso expedition

#3 What physical feature of Texas did Coronado cross on his way to find the city of Cibola?

Edwards Plateau
Llano Estacado
Hill Country
Rio Grande Valley

#4 What is an empresario?

A person who had official permission to bring settlers into Texas
An association between two or more people
A person who buys large areas of land and sells pieces to others
The legal right to own a piece of property in Texas

#5 What is one reason many Mexicans did not want to colonize Texas from 1821-1826?

A plague swept across Texas in the early 1800s.
French attacks were frequent.
There was no good farmland in Texas.
They feared attacks from Native Americans.

#6 Moses Austin was an empresario.

True
False

#7 Stephen F. Austin was an empresario.

True
False

#8 Who were the Old Three Hundred?

The first families to settle in Texas with Stephen Austin
The first families to settle in Texas with Moses Austin
The last survivors of the French settlement at Fort St. Louis
The last Comanches to be driven out of Texas

#9 What happened when Moses Austin went to San Antonio in 1820?

He negotiated a treaty that made Texas a part of the United States.
He gained a contract as an empresario.
He was thrown into prison for trespassing on Spanish territory.
Native Americans attacked him and his colony.

#10 What Mexican political group did most Texans agree with?

Catholics
Conservatives
Centralists
Federalists

#11 What did Santa Anna do in 1834?

He declared Mexico independent.
He abolished slavery.
He seized the government.
He punished rebel Texans.

#12 Why is Gonzales called the "Lexington of the Texas Revolution"?

It was the first battle of the Texas Revolution.
It was a massacre, just as Lexington had been in the American Revolution.
It was the first Texas victory.

#13 Who was put in command of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution?

Stephen Austin
Sam Houston
William Travis
David Crockett

#14 Where was the Alamo?

Nacogdoches
Gonzales
Goliad
San Antonio

#15 The Alamo battle was on March 27, 1836.

True
False

#16 Who was William Travis?

The first president of Texas
A defender of the Alamo
The general of the Texas army
A dictator

#17 When was the Goliad Massacre?

January 27, 1836
March 27, 1836
April 21, 1836
May 14, 1827

#18 Who was the first President of Texas?

David G. Burnet
George Childress
Richard Ellis
William Travis

#19 When did Texas declare independence against Mexico?

July 4, 1776
December 1835
September 1838
March 2, 1836

#20 In which battle did Sam Houston and his army capture Santa Anna?

Battle of the Alamo
Battle of Goliad
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of San Antonio

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Texas History Quiz

#1 What region in Texas was the most difficult environment for finding food for the Native Americans who lived there?

#2 Spain gained a good map of the Texas coast from which of the following expeditions?

#3 What physical feature of Texas did Coronado cross on his way to find the city of Cibola?

#4 What is an empresario?

#5 What is one reason many Mexicans did not want to colonize Texas from 1821-1826?

#6 Moses Austin was an empresario.

#7 Stephen F. Austin was an empresario.

#8 Who were the Old Three Hundred?

#9 What happened when Moses Austin went to San Antonio in 1820?

#10 What Mexican political group did most Texans agree with?

#11 What did Santa Anna do in 1834?

#12 Why is Gonzales called the "Lexington of the Texas Revolution"?

#13 Who was put in command of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution?

#14 Where was the Alamo?

#15 The Alamo battle was on March 27, 1836.

#16 Who was William Travis?

#17 When was the Goliad Massacre?

#18 Who was the first President of Texas?

#19 When did Texas declare independence against Mexico?

#20 In which battle did Sam Houston and his army capture Santa Anna?

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