Sam Houston Timeline Countdown Passage

Sam Houston Timeline Countdown Passage

Use the following timeline passage and answer the questions that follow.

Multiple Choice

Read the dictionary definition for the word evict

evict/ih-vikt/(verb)

to eject or expel a person from a land a building, or an official position.

Which of the following words would be the best synonym for evicted as it is used in the timeline?

• elected

• removed

• paid

• questioned

Multiple Choice

Based on the information provided in the timeline, when was Sam Houston alive?

• 1807-1813

• 1793-present

• 1793-1863

• 1836-present

Multiple Choice

The author created this timeline to

• present information about events in the life of an important historical figure.

• provide information about important events in the struggle for Texas independence.

• give the reader a series of facts and opinions related to Texas history.

• to entertain the reader with events from the life of a colorful historical figure

Multiple Choice

By organizing the timeline sequentially, the author is able to

• explain Sam Houston's unwillingness to fight for Texas in the US Civil War.

• compare Sam Houston's life with the lives of other historical figures.

• describe the impact the war for Texas Independence had on the lives of Sam Houston's soldiers.

• show events in order that demonstrate Sam Houston's importance as a historical figure.

Multiple Choice

The reader can tell that Sam Houston was made Commander in Chief of the Texas Army

• after he defeated Santa Ana at San Jacinto.

• before he represented the Cherokee Nation in Washington D.C.

• while he was still married to Eliza Allen

• before he was elected president of the Republic of Texas.

Multiple Choice

From the introductory paragraph and the events listed on the timeline, the reader can tell that the author of this selection is most likely

• a scholar of Texas history

• a newspaper editor

• a third grader writing a report for history class

• Sam Houston

Multiple Choice

Which line from the text best supports the author's opinion that Sam Houston was a man of great importance?

• He makes many Cherokee friends and even learns to speak some of the Cherokee language.

• Sam's father dies, and his mother moves the family to live in Tennessee.

• After Texas became a state in the United States of America, Sam Houston was elected to the US Senate and later served as governor of Texas.

• Sam Houston dies of pneumonia with his third wife, Margaret Lea, at his bedside.

Multiple Choice

Look at this fact from the timeline:

Houston refuses to lead Texas against the United States, however, and he is evicted from the governor's office.

The reader can infer that Sam Houston

• was afraid the people of Texas might not agree with him.

• did what he thought was right, even if it meant losing his position in public office.

• did not care about serving as governor and was happy to leave office.

• had long been an unpopular governor in Texas.