Ch. 16 PodCast Review
                       HIGH TECH, LOW TECH, NEW TECH, OLD TECH - 
    If it helps Us Learn - WE USE IT !"TM

Home Contents Homework ! Yearly Highlights Long-Term Proj. "Web Awards" ?     

 

Home
Up
News
History Class
Math, Sc, LA, SS
T.A.G. PROGRAM
Services
Products
WebMag
QUICK LINKS

Answer the questions below and then click "submit" to send your answers. Practice with a Partner who has a Different Learning Style. Also, use the A.uthentic C.ooperative L.earning (A.C.L.) Stations in HistoryClassroom.com to review the material using Multiple Learning Styles. You may also use the A.C.L. Stations and our websites for Enrichment Activities.

    Davy Crockett

  1. Famous American frontiersman who helped to defend the Alamo.

     

    Your answer:
    General Cos
    Sam Houston
    Davy Crockett
    Stephen Austin

     

  2. Led the Texan forces in a major victory over the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto.

     

    Your answer:
    Stephen Austin
    Davy Crockett
    Santa Anna
    Sam Houston

     

  3. Texan village that was the site of the Battle of the Alamo.

     

    Your answer:
    Rio Grande
    Anahuac
    Sabine River
    San Antonio de Bexar

     

  4. Partly ruined mission church that was captured by Texan soldiers in 1835 and was used as a fort.

     

    Your answer:
    Anahuac
    St. Peter's
    The Rio Grande
    The Alamo

     

  5. Leader of a group of 300 American families who immigrated to Texas in 1821.

     

    Your answer:
    Stephen Austin
    Colonel William Travis
    Sam Houston
    Davy Crockett

     

  6. River that formed the boundary between the United States and Mexican Texas.

     

    Your answer:
    Sabine River
    Rio Grande
    Anahuac
    General Cos River

     

  7. Ruler of Mexico and commanding general of the Mexican army in Texas in 1836.

     

    Your answer:
    Stephen Austin
    Santa Anna
    Davy Crockett
    General Cos

     

  8. Mexican army officer sent to destroy the state government of Coahuila-Texas in 1835.

     

    Your answer:
    Paul Neuman
    General Cos
    Santa Anna
    Alfred E. Neuman

     

  9. Site of the first Texan victory in the Texan Revolution.

     

    Your answer:
    Mexico
    San Antonio de Bexar
    Rio Grande
    Anahuac

     

  10. Texan who chared command of the Alamo with Jim Bowie.

     

    Your answer:
    Stephen Austin
    Colonel William Travis
    Sam Houston
    Davy Crockett

     

  11. During the mid-1830's, the Texans rebedlled against the government of Mexico because they wanted ...

     

    Your answer:
    to party.
    to conquer Mexico.
    Mexico's leaders to outlaw slavery in Texas.
    the return of their political rights, which had been taken away by Santa Anna.

     

  12. The Texan Revolution began in ...

     

    Your answer:
    mid-1835
    early 1834
    late 1970
    1833

     

  13. In late 1835, a Texan army led by Stephen Austin defeated the Mexican army at ...

     

    Your answer:
    San Antonio de Bexar
    the Texan town of Liberty
    Mexico City
    Itasca, Il.

     

  14. By December 1835, many Texans settlers believed that they had gained their independence from Mexico because of ...

     

    Your answer:
    their nickle defense.
    the entry of the United States Army into the Texan war with Mexico.
    Santa Anna's offer to sign a peace treaty.
    their early victories over the Mexican soldiers in Texas.

     

  15. The Texans did not hury to rebuild and to supply the Alamo because ...

     

    Your answer:
    it was already in fantastic shape.
    they felt that the Mexican army would not move back into Texas for many months.
    Santa Anna no longer led the Mexican army.
    the Alamo would soon be reinforced by a large body of Texan soldiers.

     

  16. Santa Anna firmly believed that the fall of the Alamo would ...

     

    Your answer:
    eventually result in the defeat of the Mexican army.
    end the revolution in Texas.
    make Fess Parker famous.
    bring the United States into the war.

     

  17. One of the survivors of the Battle of the Alamo was ...

     

    Your answer:
    Jim Bowie
    Jim Inni
    Susannah Dickerson
    Davy Crockett

     

  18. The Texan defenders believed that the Alamo had to be defended because ...

     

    Your answer:
    it was small, in good condition, and easily defensible.
    it was famous at the time.
    it could easily be supplied.
    it lay directly between the Mexican army and the major Texan towns.

     

  19. In early 1836, Jim Bowie arrived at the Alamo with orders to ...

     

    Your answer:
    defend the fort to the last soldier.
    turn it into an amusement park.
    remove the Alamo's guns and to destroy the fort.
    build a larger fort.

     

  20. The Texans in the Alamo answered the Mexican flag of "no quarter" by ...

     

    Your answer:
    throwing dimes at the troops.
    surrendering.
    firing a shot from their largest cannon.
    raising the flag of the United States.

[ Home ] [ Up ]

 

View Our "Web Awards"
(Just for Fun!)

Send mail to DPeel@itasca.k12.il.us with questions or comments about this web site. 
Be Nice! This is the "Webmaster's" 38th year of teaching and he's probably "Spider Food" by now! 
[A real slow learner (and eternal optimist) - he's still waiting for the 25th year recognition award!] 

(6th Grade Humor.)
Summer 2008 - Itasca reworked it's website, which broke a bunch of links on our school website, which broke hundreds of Links
on my Seven websites. I'm still trying to find them all !   Please let me know when you find (another) broken link.
(Substitute "itasca.com/school" at the beginning of the broken URL with "itasca.k12.il.us" if you want to get to that page immediately.)


Copyright © 2002 Team6itasca