The Alamo
Vocabulary
Texas Revolution
San Jacinto
Miscellaneous
100
Why did Texans want to defend the Alamo?
It controlled an important road in Texas
100
What is a brief fight between two smaller groups of soldiers called?
skirmish
100
The massacre at this place convinced Texans that Santa Anna was brutal.
Goliad (Massacre at Goliad)
100
The day before the Battle of San Jacinto, cavalry units fought a(n) ____________.
skirmish
100
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200
What city is the Alamo located in?
San Antonio
200
The belief that the United States was fated to stretch to the Pacific Ocean was called
manifest destiny
200
The flight of Anglos away from Santa Anna's army is known as the _________________.
Runaway Scrape
200
What mistake did Santa Anna allow his troops to make just before the Battle of San Jacinto?
they took a siesta
200
Santa Anna took total power of Mexico. He became a ________.
Dictator
300
What year was the battle at the Alamo fought?
1836
300
Texas and Mexico worked out a treaty by ___________.
negotiating
300
The Mexicans tried to take the cannon back at __________ to keep the Texans from being able to use it.
Gonzales
300
Houstons army was much __________ than Santa Anna's army.
smaller
300
The Texas Constitution was not final until the people ( vocab word) it.
ratified
400
Who was the General of the Mexican army at the Alamo?
Santa Anna
400
A ruler with total power is called a ___________.
dictator
400
Who did the Consultation put in command of the regular Texas army?
Houston
400
The Battle of San Jacinto was a complete victory for Texas because they captured ___________.
Santa Anna
400
One difference between the Texas Constitution and the _____ Constitution was the length of the president's term.
US
500
Who was the commander of the Texan army at the Alamo?
William B Travis
500
If you back out of an agreement you _________ on it.
renege
500
When the people of Texas ratified the Texas Constitution, they _____________ it.
approved
500
What treaty was signed by Santa Anna after the Battle of San Jacinto?
Treaty of Velasco
500
Who wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence?
George Campbell Childress
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