I was the leader of the Texas Navy. Sam Houston labeled me and my other sailors as pirates. Who am I?
Who is Edwin Moore.
100
My goal as president was to collect taxes and sell land in order to lower the Texas debt.
Who is Sam Houston
100
This war was fought between the United States and Mexico?
What is US-Mexican War
100
This immigrant group settled in Central Texas and lived in peace with the Comanches.
What is Germans.
100
What year did Texas earn independence from Mexico?
What is 1836
200
I was a negotiator for bother the Anglos and Native Americans. I was mixed half anglo and half african. Who am I?
Who is William Goyens.
200
Lamar sent a group of Texans to take over this city in order to expand Texas trade? What was this expedition called?
What is the Santa Fe Expedition.
200
What was the treaty that ended the US-Mexican War?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
200
Put the following areas of land acquisition in the correct order:
A) Mexican Cession
B) The Original 13 Colonies
C) Texas Annexation
D) The Louisiana Purchase
What is
B) The Original 13 Colonies
D) The Louisiana Purchase
C) Texas Annexation
A) Mexican Cession
200
What year did Texas annex into the United States?
What is 1845
300
I am a famous leader of the Texas Rangers and a leader during the US-Mexican War. Who am I?
Who is Jack Coffee Hays.
300
The biggest issue facing Anson Jones during his presidency was...?
What is annexation to the USA.
300
What were the three outcomes of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
What is 1. The border would be the Rio Grande River 2. Mexico would cede the Mexican Cession to the United States 3. All Mexicans living in the Mexican Cession would be given US citizenship.
300
Many immigrant groups came to Texas to escape oppression from their governments. Name two freedoms that Texans had.
What is
1) Freedom of Speech
2) Freedom of Religion
3) Freedom to vote for officials
300
Who was the president of Texas during annexation?
Who is Anson Jones
400
I kept a diary of early Texas life. My diaries gave an insight to the Texas frontier.
Who is Mary Maverick.
400
How did Lamar and Houston differ in views on:
Native Americans?
Debt?
Annexation?
What is Lamar: Disliked Native Americans, spent government money, did not want annexation.
Houston: Liked Native Americans, did not like government spending, wanted annexation.
400
Did Texas annexation to the United States increase, decrease, or do nothing to Texas population? Name two of the major immigrant groups.
What is population increased. German, French, Irish, Czech, Polish, Swedes, Norwegian.
400
This group contributed to Texas by fighting in the Texas Revolutionary army, built railroads, and lived along the Texas coast. They fled their country because of a famine.
What is the Irish.
400
From 1845-1852, many Irish immigrated to the USA/Texas due to lack of food.
What is the Potato Famine.
500
I am a Tejano who disliked Sam Houston. I was friends with Lamar but thought that Texas should annex into the United States. Who am I?
Who is Jose Antonio Navarro.
500
This event took place during Sam Houston's first term as president. It was Tejanos standing up to the Texas government because of loyalty to Mexico. What was this event called?
What is the Cordova Rebellion.
500
How did the Compromise of 1850 appease the slavery split?
What is Texas would be a slave state
California would be a free state
Utah and New Mexico would vote if they wanted slavery or not
Slave trade was made illegal in Washington DC.
500
Mexico was angered by the US annexation of Texas and claimed the boundary as...
What is Nueces River
500
In 1845 Texas annexed into the United States. This was the primary factor for Texas wanting to annex...