Feb Test Question Preview (ID: 61011)


TX History. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What reason did President Polk give when he asked congress to declare war on Mexico?
a) To stop Mexican attacks against US Territory
b) to keep religious freedoms
c) to ensure slavery would continue in Texas
d) to prevent human rights abuses in Mexico

What river is the border between Texas and Mexico?
a) Trinity
b) Brazos
c) Rio Grande
d) Red

Why was the US concerned about letting Texas join as a state?
a) Texas didn't want to follow US laws
b) Indians wanted a war
c) Texas wanted to join as a free state
d) Texas wanted to join as a slave state

Texas is what number of state in the US?
a) 28th
b) 30th
c) 1st
d) 15th

The goal of the Convention of 1845 was to do what?
a) to allow slavery in Texas
b) create a new state government
c) to allow women to vote
d) the leave the union

Which political party was also known as the Know Nothing Party?
a) Democratic
b) Republican
c) Whig
d) American

After Texas was annexed by the US, what war followed?
a) War of 1812
b) Revolutionary War
c) Mexican American War
d) Mexican Independence

After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, what did the US recieve?
a) land bought from Mexico
b) new border for Texas
c) gold
d) land in southern Mexico

What was the name of the government group that Texas used to guard the frontier?
a) Navy
b) Air Force
c) Army
d) Texas Rangers

The goal of the Compromise of 1850 was to do what?
a) to strengthen the US presence in Texas
b) to outlaw slavery in Texas
c) to resolve the border conflict and the issue of slavery
d) to move Mexican citizens to Santa Fe

Abolitionists in Texas were
a) welcomed by local ministers
b) harassed and attacked for their beliefs
c) famous
d) belonged to the Know-Nothing political party

The first battle of the US Civil War was where?
a) Philadelphia
b) Orlando
c) Austin
d) Fort Sumter

Who was the US President when the Civil War started?
a) James Polk
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Sam Houston
d) David E Twiggs

The North had a strategy in the Civil War to take control of what to cut the Confederacy in half?
a) Mississippi River
b) Rocky Mountains
c) Gulf of Mexico
d) Oregon Trail

The South lost the war and surrendered at Appomattox Court House. Who was the south's leader that surrendered?
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Sam Houston
c) Robert E Lee
d) Henry Clay

The 13th Amendment, passed during the Reconstruction Era, stated what?
a) slavery in the US was illegal
b) African American males could vote
c) former slaves were given free land
d) the south was free to do what they wanted

Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 61011 in the upper right hand corner or click here.

TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register

Help / Support / FAQ




Gaming Links