1

A Coahiciltecan tribe, the __________ settled along the banks of the San Pedro Springs located in Aan Antonio.

Payayas

2

Although later invalidated, the __________ called for the official recognition of Texas's independence from Mexico and established the Rio Grande as the international boundary line separating the two.

Treaty of Velasco

3

The two primary artillery pieces of Sam Houston's Texas Revolutionary Army were affectionately known as the __________

Twin Sisters

4

__________ formed the Second Company of Texas Volunteers who played a key role in the defeat of Santa Anna at San Jacinto.

Col. Juan Seguin

5

Lead by Benjamin Franklin Terry, __________ fought with distinction on the Civil War battlefields of Kentucky and Tennessee.

Terry's Texas Rangers

6

Irish settlers founded the coastel bend cities of __________ and __________

San Patricio; Refugio

7

Beginning with Reconstruction, the southern states to include Texas passed a series of laws collectively known as the __________ to prohibit African Americans from gaining political, social and economic freedoms.

Jim Crow Laws

8

Although originally granted to his father, __________, the Father of Texas, brought the first Anglo-American settlers to Texas.

Stephen F. Austin

9

The Texas Railroad Commission was founded by former state Attorney General and later Governor of Texas __________.

James Hogg

10

__________ was granted a land grant to bring 400 Catholic families to Texas.

Green De Witt

11

The late Senator __________ was the first Republican elected to the United States Senate from Texas.

John Tower

12

The __________ established the primary election as the tool for political parties to select their candidates for general elections.

Terrell Election Law

13

President __________ officially signed a congressional resolution in 1845 granting statehood to Texas.

John Tyler

14

Known as the __________, thousands of Texans fled to East Texas in fear of Santa Anna's advancing forces.

Runaway Scrape

15

The foundation of the famous King Ranch was the __________ land grant, located approximately forty miles southwest of Corpus Christi.

Ricon de Santa Gertrudis

16

In colonial Texas, a __________ was a person of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry while a person of Mexican ancestry born in Texas was known as a __________

Mestizo; Tejano

17

In 1519, __________ landed his four small ships three hundred crew members at the mouth of the Rio Grande.

Alonzo Alverez de Penida

18

Sam Houston used the __________ strategy against Santa Anna's advancing forces.

Scorched Earth

19

The first Czech settlement in Texas was located at __________ while __________ is to oldes Polish settlement in both Texas and the United States.

Cat Spring; Panna Maria

20

Commonly known as the Alamo, __________ was built near the banks of the San Antonio River in 1718.

Mission San Antonio de Valero

21

__________ attempted to free Texas from Mexico by joining forces with the Cherokee Indians.

Benjamin Edwards

22

The common-law wife of one of Santa Anna's captains, __________ is known as the Florence Nightingale of Texas.

Senora Francisca Alverez

23

Henri Castro brought several __________ settlers to Texas to found the city of Castroville.

Alsatians

24

At the a convention held in Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, provisional governor __________, declared on Texas's independence from Mexico.

Henry Smith

25

In 1731, fifty-five colonists from the __________ known as the Islenos settled in Villa de Bexar.

Canary Islands