Week 11 CCA
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
PRACTICING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS
Study the chart below and answer the question that follows.
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According to this chart, which of the following was NOT a cause of the
Mexican struggle for independence?
a. economic ruin
b. example of other revolutions
c. political corruption
d. divisions between rich and poor
2. How did the Adams-Onís Treaty affect Spanish Texas?
a. It gave Spain control of Florida.
b. It gave Spain control of Texas
c. It allowed Mexico to annex Louisiana
d. It turned over the Neutral Ground to France.
3. Why were Texans excited about Santa Anna’s rise to power in Mexico?
a. Santa Anna supported Stephen F. Austin.
b. Santa Anna was not interested in the day-to-day affairs of
the government.
c. Santa Anna’s vice president controlled the policies of the
Mexican government.
d. Santa Anna had promised to restore the Constitution of
1824.
4. Mexican General Manuel de Mier y Terán warned of
a. the increasing number of settlers arriving from Europe.
b. the growing American influence in East Texas.
c. the water shortages in areas of West Texas.
d. Natives who did not want to be Mexican citizens.
5. The Spanish had created missions to
a. secularize the presidios.
b. defend the northern borders of New Spain.
c. teach Christianity to the Natives.
d. reduce settlement.
6. Describe some of the early problems faced by Austin’s colonists.
a. Lack of leadership and unemployment
b. Disease and distrust
c. Colonists refused to follow the Mexican requirements
d. Drought, scarce food, and raiding natives
7. What caused Spanish officials to worry about the United States?
a. The United States was planning an invasion of Mexico.
b. Americans were moving west in large numbers.
c. They had recently annexed Canada.
d. All of the above
8. What was the main objective of the Law of April 6, 1830?
a. to strictly control the American presence in Texas
b. to create new government offices
c. to prohibit slaveholders from settling in Texas
d. to revoke empresario titles
9.
What might explain why Texas settlements did not extend further to the
Northwest?
A lack of missions and presidios
a.
b.
Conflicts with American colonists
c.
Conflicts with Native Americans
d.
Mexico’s claim to Texas
10. Why was there tension between the Anglos and Mexican officials regarding
slavery?
a. The Mexican government supported slavery.
b. The Anglo Texans were worried that Mexican officials would
ban slavery.
c. The Anglo Texans were from the Southern United States and
were opposed to slavery.
d. All of the above
11. What was Moses Austin’s motivation for establishing colonies of American
families in Texas?
a. to regain his wealth
b. to receive accolades
c. to impress the Mexican government
d. to flee attacks by U.S. soldiers
12. Why did the Little Colony grow slowly?
a. The original settlers did not welcome new settlers.
b. The town did not have a newspaper to advertise land sales.
c. People were afraid to move there because of frequent
attacks by the Apaches.
d. It had an isolated location on the western edge of the Texas
settlement.
13. What was the disadvantage settlers faced when taking a boat into Texas?
a. Water travel was more expensive than traveling overland.
b. The water route to Texas presented many dangers.
c. Traveling by boat took several months.
d. There was a long waiting list for reservations.
14.
Which era completes the time line?
a. Early Statehood
b. Civil War
c. Mexican National Period
d. Age of Oil
15. Which empresario had a contract to settle Nacogdoches that failed with the
Fredonian Rebellion?
a. Manuel de Mier y Terán
b. Stephen F. Austin
c. Benjamin Edwards
d. Haden Edwards
16. Stephen F. Austin decided a good place for a colony was
a. between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers.
b. Natchitoches.
c. along the Gulf Coast.
d. along the Guadalupe River.
17. What major event occurred in 1821 beginning the Mexican National Period?
a. Nacogdoches was founded.
b. The modern boundaries of Texas were established.
c. Mexico won independence from Spain.
d. Spain gave up all its lands in the Americas.
SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS PRACTICE
Study the map below and then answer the question that follows.
18.
According to this map, the first conflict in Texas in the years leading up to
the Texas Revolution occurred near which town?
a. Anahuac
b. Nacogdoches
c. Velasco
d. San Antonio
SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS PRACTICE
Study the graph below and answer the question that follows.
19.
In the graph, 1783 to 1821 represent years under Spanish control and
1821 to 1836 represent years under Mexican control. Why did the
population quadruple in 1834?
a. Texas won Its independence.
b. Spain invaded Texas to regain control of Mexico.
c. Mexicans moved to Texas to escape debts.
d. The influence of the empresario system in Texas.
20. After Stephen F. Austin’s imprisonment by Mexican officials, he warned that
Texans had no choice but
a. to comply with the Mexican government.
b. to return to the United States.
c. to go to war with Mexico.
d. to remain united with Coahuila as one state.
Week 11 CCA
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