3rd 6 Weeks CheckPoint (Texas) 2025

Front

What does Travis’s response to Santa Anna’s demand—shooting the cannon and leaving the Texan flag waving—symbolize?

Back

His actions symbolize a determination to stay and fight for Texan liberty.

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Main point of Antonio López de Santa Anna's Manifesto excerpt?

Back

Making excuses for the defeat at San Jacinto

Front

Major policy of Sam Houston opposed by Mirabeau Lamar?

Back

The annexation of Texas by the United States

Front

Which of the following is true of the Convention of 1836?

Back

It did not provide for equal rights for American Indians and enslaved people.

Front

Why did Texans respond to what happened at Goliad with outrage?

Back

Texans were angered that prisoners taken in battle were put to death.

Front

What made Goliad a strategic location?

Back

It was located on the route from the Gulf of Mexico to San Antonio.

Front

What was a notable achievement in the Battle of San Jacinto?

Back

How quickly the Texans won the battle.

Front

Based on the map, why would the location of Austin draw criticism from Texans opposed to the site of the new, permanent capital of the republic?

Back

Austin was too close to the disputed area with Mexico where it would be in danger of attacks from Mexico and American Indians.

Front

What was the Mexican government’s response to the Treaties of Velasco?

Back

call the secret treaty illegal and refuse to follow it

Front

What was a major reason for the Texan success at the Battle of San Jacinto?

Back

Antonio López de Santa Anna failed to post sentries, or scouts.