CATEGORY 1: Immigration & Culture
CATEGORY 2: Texas Statehood & Government
CATEGORY 3: Manifest Destiny & Expansion
CATEGORY 4: U.S.–Mexican War
CATEGORY 5: Economy & Growth
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These immigrants influenced town names like New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
Answer: Who were the Germans?
100
The Texas Constitution of 1845 was modeled after this document.
Answer: What is the U.S. Constitution?
100
This painting by John Gast represents westward expansion.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
This border dispute helped cause the U.S.–Mexican War.
Answer: What is the Nueces River vs. Rio Grande dispute?
100
This invention removed seeds from cotton quickly.
What is the cotton gin?
200
These immigrants influenced Texas cuisine with kolaches.
Answer: Who were the Czechs?
200
This document was added to the Texas Constitution to protect citizens’ rights.
Answer: What is the Bill of Rights?
200
This belief motivated Americans to expand westward.
Answer: What is Manifest Destiny?
200
This treaty officially ended the U.S.–Mexican War.
Answer: What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
200
This invention increased the demand for enslaved labor.
Answer: What is the cotton gin?
300
This factor caused Irish immigrants to settle in Texas in the 1840s.
Answer: What was famine?
300
This constitution allowed slavery in Texas.
Answer: What is the Texas Constitution of 1845?
300
President Polk sent troops to disputed land, sparking this war.
Answer: What is the U.S.–Mexican War?
300
Mexico recognized Texas independence as a result of this war.
Answer: What is an effect of the U.S.–Mexican War?
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300
This factor most contributed to the growth of the cotton industry.
Answer: What is increased demand for cotton?
400
Fredericksburg celebrates this cultural festival brought by German immigrants.
Answer: What is Oktoberfest?
400
This person would have been eligible to vote under the 1845 Constitution.
Answer: Who is Person that is white male 21 and over. Daily Double 800
400
This debate intensified as the U.S. expanded westward.
Answer: What is the expansion of slavery?
400
This territory was ceded to the U.S. after the war.
➡️ Answer: What is the Mexican Cession?
400
By 1850, this Texas city was the most developed port.
Answer: What is Galveston?
500
Immigrants settled in Texas mainly because this was available in large amounts.
Answer: What was cheap farmland?
500
Texas became a state partly due to Americans’ belief in this idea.
Answer: What is Manifest Destiny?
500
The United States gained land in the Southwest through this event.
Answer: What is the Mexican Cession?
500
Mexico claimed this river as the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico.
Answer: What is the Nueces river?
500
This legislation required Texas to give up land and return runaway slaves.
Answer: What is the Compromise of 1850?