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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Emma's son?
(a) Cornelius.
(b) Charles.
(c) James.
(d) Floyd.

2. What is the nickname for Maria de la Luz?
(a) Lupe Luz.
(b) Lucha Lopez.
(c) Mar de la Lopez.
(d) Mattie Luz.

3. Which general is sent to Texas to protect the Texas border?
(a) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) General Douglas MacArthur.
(c) General Robert E. Lee.
(d) General Zachary Taylor.

4. The Texas War for Independence ends with Santa Anna ______________________.
(a) Being killed.
(b) Being exiled from Mexico.
(c) Being demoted to a soldier.
(d) Being captured.

5. Soon after Texas becomes a state, the ____________________ occurs from 1846-1848.
(a) Revolutionary War.
(b) French and Indian War.
(c) Civil War.
(d) Mexican War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sam Houston resign as governor of Texas?

2. Captain George Reed is sent to erect a fort which is then named _______________________.

3. Who is Laurel Cobb's wife?

4. Hector Garza lives in an area where ________________ of the population is Hispanic.

5. The colonel assigned to Fort Sam Garner and his men rescue _________________ who had been captured by the Indians.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the first residents of Fort Sam Garner and why do they want to develop a town?

2. Why do so many people seem to move to Texas between 1928 and 1968? Who are two famous political men who came from Texas?

3. Why do new Texas residents like Persifier and Somerset Cobb decide to side with the South in the Civil War?

4. What was the purpose of the Peace Policy instituted by President Polk in 1869?

5. How do Earnshaw and Emma go about building a town?

6. What would account for the brutality of the Texans during the Mexican War?

7. Explain the situation of illegal alien Eloy Muzquiz and his attempts to immigrate to Texas.

8. Why do the Cobb women not tell their slaves about the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

9. What role does slavery play in Texas prior to the Civil War?

10. Who is R.J. Poteet and what role does he play in the new town?

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