Westward Expansion

What is a Tejano?

• A style of music that pioneers listened to
• A Mexican settler in Texas
• The name of the fort in Texas

What was the Alamo?

• The train that traveled through Texas
• A city in Texas
• A fort that was used by the Americans

How many days did the Americans and Tejanos hold the fort before being defeated?

• 13
• 15
• 23

In 1830, before the annexation of Texas, Texas was a part of _________.

• Canada
• Mexico
• United States

What was the name of the Texas leader that was elected as the leader of the Army?

• Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Austin Moreno 

Who was Santa Anna?

• Mexico's president
• The leader of the American Army
• Santa Clause's mom

Why were many Americans moving out West?

• To be with their families 
• Better weather conditions
• Good, cheap farmland

Why did people move to California in 1849 for the gold rush?

• To strike it rich
• To sell tools 

Why did people move to California in 1849 for the gold rush?

• To sell tools
• To strike it rich
• To make jewelry 

Why were the people that moved to California for the gold rush called "forty niners"?

• There were 49 hundred of them
• Most of them moved there in 1849
• They traveled 49 miles to get to California