Texas History (PACT) Exam Prep questions and answers graded A+ 2023/2024

Texas History (PACT) Exam Prep400 - correct answer First record of Native American settlement in what is now Texas. 1519 - correct answer Spain begin explorations of what is now Texas. 1810 - correct answer Mexico declares independence from Spain. Side note: (Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821.) 1822 - correct answer Moses Austin secures empresarial grant and "Old Three Hundred" Americans settle Texas. 1830 - correct answer Mexico bans any more immigration into Texas by settlers from the United States. 1835 - correct answer Texas Revolution begins at the Battle of Gonzales. 1836 - correct answer Texans are defeated by the Mexican army at the Battle of the Alamo, but Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Texas gains independence. 1845 - correct answer Texas is admitted to the Union on December 29 as the 28th State to the Union. 1846 - correct answer Disputes over claim to Texas land results in the Mexican-American War. - correct answer The American Civil War leads Texas to secede from the Union and join the Confederate State of America. 1865 - correct answer African American slaves in Texas are emancipated on Juneteenth (June 19). Side note: (Emancipated means - free from legal, social, or political restrictions.) 1866 - correct answer The United States government passes an ordinance to nullify the actions of the Confederate States secession on March 15, followed by a proclamation of peace between the U.S. and Texas on August 20, 1866. 1876 - correct answer Texas Constitution is adopted. 1894 - correct answer Oil is discovered in Corsicana, Texas 1924 - correct answer Ma Ferguson is elected as the first female governor of Texas. 1950 - correct answer The Supreme Court orders the desegregation of University of Texas Law School in Sweatt v. Painter. 1962 - correct answer The Manned Spacecraft Center opens in Houston. Six Flags of Texas - correct answer , - correct answer The Kingdom of Spain - correct answer The Kingdom of France - correct answer The Mexican Federal Republic - correct answer The Republic of Texas - correct answer The Confederate States of America , 1865-present - correct answer The United States of America