This overarching war between Texas and Mexico led to the battle.
What is the Texan Revolution?
100
This famous folk hero and frontiersman from the backwoods of Tennessee volunteered and ultimately died during the battle.
Who is Davy Crockett?
100
Mexico’s prohibition of this American institution angered many Texas settlers who wanted to grow cotton.
What is slavery?
100
This rallying cry was used to motivate Texan soldiers and remains a commonly used symbol of Texas resistance and pop culture
What is "Remember the Alamo!"
100
The fort that would later become the Alamo was founded by this empire during the early 18th century.
What is the Spanish Empire?
200
The Alamo is located in this city in southern Texas.
What is San Antonio?
200
This stubborn and sometimes controversial leader was the president of the United States when the Alamo fell.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
This religion was mandatory for all Texans, which was unpopular with American settlers in Texas.
What is Catholicism?
200
The site of the Alamo now functions as a historical _____ and attracts over 2.5 million visitors annually.
What is a museum?
200
Initially, the fort was created in an attempt to educate Native Americans about this European philosophy.
What is Christianity?
300
It was during this year that the battle took place?
What is 1836?
300
This political leader and general commanded the Mexican forces during the battle and was accused of cruelty for his actions.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
300
Texans viewed the Mexican government as ______ and uninterested in the affairs of Texas.
What is corrupt?
300
Due to the valiant struggle of the Texas defenders against impossible odds, the Alamo is sometimes compared to this ancient battle between 300 Spartans and hundreds of thousands of Persians.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
300
This religious structure is one of the only parts of the Alamo that still stands and was the last position held by the Texan defenders
What is The Chapel?
400
It took ___ assaults by the Mexican army to overrun the defenders.
What is 3 Assaults?
400
A renowned hero in his own right, this colonel was second in command of the Texan forces and was famous for his skills with a knife.
Who is James Bowie?
400
Most Texans were of _____ descent, which led to a lack of identity in the Texas territory.
What is American?
400
The revenge sought by many Texans after the Battle of the Alamo is sometimes used to explain the decisive Texan victory at this battle a month and a half later.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
400
After the fort was secularized in the early 1800s, the first of these institutions in the history of Texas was founded in the Barracks to help the weak and sick.
What is a hospital?
500
Historians estimate that approximately ___ Mexican soldiers assaulted the Alamo.
What is 2,500 Mexican soldiers?
500
The main leader of Texan defenders, this former lawyer turned Lieutenant-Colonel commanded the regular soldiers.
Who is William Travis?
500
The first major meeting of delegates in Texas history, this convention sought (and failed)to negotiate reconciliation between the settlers and Texas.
What is The convention of 1832?
500
This was the name historians have given to the massive retreat of Texan civilians following the battle.