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Unit Test
Texas Revolution Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After the Alamo was captured by the Texians, ____________ was in command of the _________ who remained | Col. James Neill 94 |
| General ____________ ordered Jim Bowie with 25 men to destroy the Alamo, take the men, cannons and supplies and withdraw to Gonzales. | Sam Houston |
| General Sam Houston ordered ____________ with 25 men to destroy the Alamo, take the men, cannons and supplies and withdraw to Gonzales. | Jim Bowie |
| General Sam Houston ordered Jim Bowie with _________ men to destroy the Alamo, take the men, cannons and supplies and withdraw to Gonzales. | to Gonzales. 25 |
| General Sam Houston ordered Jim Bowie with 25 men to_____________ the Alamo, take the men, cannons and supplies and withdraw to Gonzales. | destroy |
| ________________ disobeyed, saying “I would rather die in these ditches than give them up to the enemy”. | Colonel Bowie |
| Colonel Bowie disobeyed, saying “I would rather____ ___ ______ ___________ than give them up to the enemy”. | die in these ditches |
| Bexar is another name for | San Antonio |
| The ad-interim government orders Colonel_______________ to go to the Alamo with __________ men. | William B. Travis 30 |
| The famous ______________ from Tennessee arrives at the Alamo with 12 men | Davy Crockett |
| The famous Davy Crockett from Tennessee arrives at the Alamo with 12 men.......when? | Feb. 8, 1836 |
| The ad-interim government orders Colonel William B. Travis to go to the Alamo with 30 men.........When? | Feb. 3, 1836 |
| You may all go to hell, and I will go to ____________ | Texas |
| You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas (who said this) | Davy Crockett |
| Colonel Neill gives up his command because of family illness. After arguing over who should be commander of the Alamo, Bowie and Travis call for an election.......WHEN? | Feb. 9, 1836 |
| Colonel Neill gives up his command because of ________________. After arguing over who should be commander of the Alamo, Bowie and Travis call for an election. | family illness |
| Colonel Neill gives up his command because of family illness. After arguing over who should be commander of the Alamo, Bowie and Travis call for an ______________. | election |
| Bowie was elected by a wide margin, but when he became very ill, he and Travis made a compromise. They agreed to be co-commanders of the Alamo with Travis in charge of the regular soldiers and Bowie in charge of the volunteers.......WHEN? | Feb. 9, 1836 |
| __________was elected by a wide margin, but when he became very ill, he and Travis made a compromise. They agreed to be co-commanders of the Alamo with Travis in charge of the regular soldiers and Bowie in charge of the volunteers. | Bowie |
| Bowie was elected by a wide margin, but when he became ___________ ______, he and Travis made a compromise. They agreed to be co-commanders of the Alamo with Travis in charge of the regular soldiers and Bowie in charge of the volunteers. | very ill |
| Bowie was elected by a wide margin, but when he became very ill, he and Travis made a compromise. They agreed to be co-commanders of the Alamo with Travis in charge of the ______________soldiers and Bowie in charge of the volunteers. | regular |
| Bowie was elected by a wide margin, but when he became very ill, he and Travis made a compromise. They agreed to be co-commanders of the Alamo with Travis in charge of the regular soldiers and Bowie in charge of the _____________ | volunteers. |
| people on the same side or allies | Compatriots |
| under attack | besieged |
| at the mercy of the enemy | surrender at discretion |
| killed | put to the sword |
| ASAP as soon as possible | with all dispatch |
| sustain myself | stay alive or survive |
| 32 pounds (lbs) | bushels |
| beeves | cows |
| Colonel Travis. That night Travis writes his famous ______________________ Letter. | “Victory or Death” |
| “Victory or Death” was written when? | Feb. 24, 1836 |
| GENERAL SAM HOUSTON ORDERED JIM BOWIE WITH 25 MEN TO _________ THE ALAMO. | DESTROY OR BLOW UP |
| JIM BOWIE DISOBEYED HOUSTON’S ORDER SAYING, “WE WOULD RATHER DIE IN THESE _________ THAN GIVE THEM UP TO THE ENEMY.” | DITCHES |
| THE FAMOUS _____ ___________ FROM TENNESSEE ARRIVED AT THE ALAMO WITH 12 MEN. | DAVY CROCKETT |
| WHAT MAN DID THE MEN OF THE ALAMO ELECT TO BE THEIR NEW COMMANDER AFTER COL. NEILL LEFT? | JIM BOWIE |
| WHEN JIM BOWIE BECAME VERY ILL, HE MADE A COMPROMISE WITH TRAVIS AND AGREED TO BECOME _______________ OF THE ALAMO. | CO-COMMANDERS |
| PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE SAME SIDE AS YOU AND SHARE THE SAME BELIEFS AS YOU ARE KNOWN AS YOUR_______________________. | COMPATRIOTS |
| AN ARMY OF SOLDIERS INSIDE A FORT IS KNOWN AS A ________________. | GARRISON |
| A “SURRENDER AT DISCRETION” MEANS YOU ARE AT THE _________ OF YOUR ENEMY. | MERCY |
| WHAT DID TRAVIS SAY HE WOULD NEVER DO? | SURRENDER OR RETREAT |
| WHEN TRAVIS ASKED PEOPLE TO COME TO HIS AID “WITH ALL DISPATCH”, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? | ASAP |
| TRAVIS SAID THAT EVEN IF HIS CALL FOR HELP IS NEGLECTED, HE WOULD “SUSTAIN” HIMSELF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? | STAY ALIVE OR SURVIVE |
| IN THE P.S. OF HIS LETTER, WHO DID TRAVIS SAY WAS ON THEIR SIDE? | THE LORD OR GOD |
| IN HIS P.S. TRAVIS SAID HIS MEN FOUND 20 OR 30 HEADS OF “BEEVES”. WHAT ARE “BEEVES”? | COWS |
| SANTA ANNA’S ARMY ARRIVED IN SAN ANTONIO _____ MONTHS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED | 2 1/2 |
| NAME 2 REASONS SANTA ANNA WAS ABLE TO GET HIS ARMY TO SAN ANTONIO OVER TWO MONTHS EARLY | MARCHED THEM IN WINTER & HE FORCE-MARCHED THEM. |
| HOW DID COLONEL TRAVIS ANSWER SANTA ANNA’S DEMAND FOR AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER? | WITH A CANNON SHOT |
| THE BLOOD RED FLAG WHICH THE MEXICANS FLEW OFER THE SAN FERNANDO CHURCH WAS KNOW AS THE “FLAG OF NO ______________. | NO QUARTER |
| THE BEST CHANCE OF IMMEDIATE HELP AT THE ALAMO WAS FROM COLONEL FANNIN’S ARMY AT PRESIDIO LA BAHIA IN ___________. | GOLIAD |
| HOW DID DAVY CROCKETT AND SOME OF HIS MEN DESTROY 10 OF THE MEXICAN CANNONS WHILE THEY WERE HAVING A FIESTA? | FILLED THEM WITH MUD AND LIT THEM |
| ON MARCH 1, TEJANO GREGORIO ESPARZA FAILED TO KILL SANTA ANNA IN THE VERAMENDI PALACE BECAUSE HE WAS AT THE SAN FERNANDO CHURCH ______________________. | GETTING MARRIED |
| AT 3:00 A.M. ON MARCH 1, THE ALAMO RECEIVES 32 REINFORCEMENTS FROM THE TOWN OF _________________. | GONZALES |
| ON MARCH 2, 1836, DELEGATES AT A CONVENTION AT WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS SIGNED AND ADOPTED A _________________ | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
| THE MAN WHO IS NOW KNOWN AS THE “FATHER OF THE TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS GEORGE C. _______________. | CHILDRESS |
| ON MARCH 3, JAMES BUTLER BONHAM RISKED HIS LIFE BY RIDING HIS HORSE THROUGH THE MEXICAN LINES IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS BONHAM’S ______ ______. | LAST RIDE |
| WHICH WALL WAS “BREACHED” (KNOCKED DOWN) ON THE 11TH DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO? | NORTH WALL |
| BEFORE SUNRISE ON THE 12TH DAY OF THE BATTLE, COLONEL TRAVIS DREW A LINE IN THE DIRT WITH HIS _________ TO GIVE HIS MEN A CHOICE. | SWORD |
| WHO DO WE BELIEVE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO CROSS TRAVIS’ LINE? | TAPLEY HOLLAND |
| WHO WAS THE ONLY MAN THAT DID NOT CROSS TRAVIS’ LINE? | MOSES ROSE |
| COLONEL TRAVIS PLACED HIS __________ RING AROUND THE NECK OF BABY __________ DICKINSON. | CAT’S EYE ANGELINA |
| WHAT WAS THE 13TH DAY OF THE ALAMO? (MONTH, DAY, AND YEAR) | MAR. 6, 1836 |
| ABOUT WHAT TIME OF DAY DID THE MEXICANS FIRST ATTACK ON THE 13TH DAY OF THE ALAMO? | 5:30 A.M. |
| WHAT ALAMO HERO DIED STANDING ON THE NORTH WALL, HIS SWORD IN HIS HAND, AND WITH HIS EYES OPEN? | TRAVIS |
| WHAT ALAMO HERO WAS CAPTURED AND ORDERED TO BE EXECUTED BY SANTA ANNA? | CROCKETT |
| WHAT ALAMO DEFENDER MADE A SUICIDE RIDE THROUGH ENEMY LINES ON HIS HORSE AND SURVIVED? | JAMES BUTLER BONHAM |
| THE ONLY REINFORCEMENTS WHO CAME TO THE AID OF THE MEN OF THE ALAMO WERE 32 MEN FROM THE TOWN OF _________________. | GONZALES |
| WHO WAS THE ONLY ALAMO DEFENDER ALLOWED A PROPER CHRISTIAN BURIAL? | GREGORIO ESPARZA |
| WHO WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE ALAMO TO WARN SAM HOUSTON THAT SANTA ANNA WAS COMING FOR HIM? | SUSANNA DICKINSON |
| Name one of the four things Sam Houston had to think about on his way to Gonzales. | 1) raising an army |
| Name one of the four things Sam Houston had to think about on his way to Gonzales. | 2) training the men |
| Name one of the four things Sam Houston had to think about on his way to Gonzales. | 3) protect the people of Texas |
| Name one of the four things Sam Houston had to think about on his way to Gonzales. | 4) how to defeat a much larger army |
| What two things did Mrs. Dickinson tell Sam Houston that Santa Anna said he would do? | 1) kill every Texian who fought him 2) drive all Americans out of Texas |
| Men, women, and children fled across Texas in a mass panic called the | Runaway Scrape. |
| What made things worse for the people who had to leave their homes? ___________ fell and the roads were deep in ___________. | Heavy rains Mud |
| What did Houston have his army do to the town of Gonzales before he left a little before midnight to go East? | burned it to the ground |
| After signing a declaration of independence and a constitution for Texas, the officers of the new government left Washington-on-the-Brazos for a little town called _________________ | Harrisburg. |
| What did Santa Anna believe after the Alamo fell? | that the fighting was over |
| Santa Anna divided his army up ____ ways and sent them different directions. | 5 |
| While camped by the river from a Mexican army, Sam Houston had four of his men ________ for disobeying orders. | executed |
| Houston knew if he fought now, all the other Mexican _______ would come. He felt he must wait for the right ________ and _______ for a surprise attack. | armies time Place |
| What were the two small cannons sent by the people of Cincinnati, Ohio called? | Twin Sisters |
| Santa Anna decided to try to capture the leaders of the Texian government, especially his former best friend, _____________, who was now Vice-Pres. of Texas. | Lorenzo de Zavala |
| Who was emily morgan? | Yellow rose |
| This was the chance Houston had hoped for. Santa Anna had about _______ men and Houston had _________. But about 300 of them were sick with ___________. Houston decided to make his attack without them. | 900 1200 measles |
| One of Houston’s officers,____________, fired the Twin Sisters at Santa Anna’s camp, thus giving away the element of surprise. Houston was furious. | Sidney Sherman |
| The next morning, Houston sent for ___________, gave him two _________, and told him to ____________ Vince’s bridge. | Deaf Smith axes destroy |
| About___________ in the afternoon, Houston assembled his men for attack. He knew that most of Santa Anna’s men were taking a ___________ in the heat of the afternoon. | 3:00 siesta |
| The Twin Sisters fired at the Mexican barricade, and the men charged like animals shouting_____________ and_________________ | “Remember the Alamo” “Remember Goliad”. |
| When Santa Anna could not be found, another Mexican general officially surrendered to Houston. The battle officially only lasted __________________ | 18 minutes. |
| The next morning, Santa Anna was found near Vince’s bridge, hiding in a ______________ | cornfield. |
| Houston did force Santa Anna to write to his _____________ to order them to take their armies back to Mexico. | generals |
| Santa Anna was put with the other prisoners, but his identity was soon discovered and he was taken to Sam Houston. Many Texians wanted to __________ Santa Anna, but Houston wanted to keep him alive to deal with the leaders of the ________________. | hang Republic of Texas |
| Stephen F. Austin's changing attitude towards fight for independence from Mexico was caused by what? | arrest |
| Why is 1845 significant in Texas history? | Texas became part of the United states or "Annexed" |
| The main purpose of the Law of April 6, 1830 was to | stop immigration from the United States to Texas |
| What role did George Childress play in the Texas Revolution? | He was the primary author of the Texas Declaration of Independence |
| How did the Battle of Gonzales contribute to the success of the Texas Revolution? | It proved to Texans that the Mexican army could be defeated and independence achieved. |
| In March of 1836, delegates met at Washington-on-the-Brazos intending to - | establish an independent government |
| What was the last battle of the Texas Revolution? | San Jacinto |
| Who won the Texas Revolution? | Texas |
| What did Texas do with Santa Anna when he was captured? | Traded him for Texas independence |
| What did most men want to do to Santa Anna when he was captured? | kill him |
| Who decided what to do with Santa anna? | Sam Houston |
| How long was the battle of san jacinto? | 18 minutes |
| Why were the Texans able to defeat the Mexican army so easily at San Jacinto? | they were taking a siesta and added motivation |
| Was Texas accepted into the US immediately after winning the Texas Revolution? | no |
| What was the issue that caused the US to take almost 10 years to make Texas part of the US | slavery |
| Why did mexico choose to fight the US after loosing to Texas? | They could not afford to lose anymore land |
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