Unit 9 Quizizz

U.S. leaders worried that annexing Texas would __________ relations with __________

• damage, Mexico

• help, Mexico

• damage, France

• damage, Great Britain

"Let the war-whoop be no more heard in our prairie-let songs of joy be heard upon our hills...and when our warriors meet together, let them have peace and be happy.”

-- President Sam Houston

What is Houston’s point of view in this excerpt above?

• peace

• war

• neutral

• fear

Houston’s most important goal as president was pursuing ___________________ by the United States. (p. 334 or 13-3)

• annexation

• recognition

• trade

• secession

President Houston could not run for a 2nd consecutive term because the Constitution of 1836 stated that the president could not serve __________ terms. In other words, the Texas Constitution forbade it. (p. 325 or 13-2)

• consecutive

• executive

• ad infinitum

• ad hominem

President Lamar differed greatly from Houston on his position regarding the Indians in Texas. Lamar __________ the Cherokee and believed they had no legal claim to their Texas lands.

• distrusted

• befriended

• trusted

• respected

Many Texans were in favor of annexation because they feared future conflicts with the country of Mexico, lived in a nation heavy in debt, and had __________ connections to the U.S.

• family

• financial

• legal

• telephone

________________ _________________, the republic’s second president, earned the nickname “Father of Texas Education” for urging congress to provide for public schools and colleges. (p. 326 or 13-2)

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Anson Jones

• David G. Burnett

The Cherokee Indian leader who was killed by the Texas Army for refusing to lead his people out of Texas was _________________ ___________________. (p. 328 or 13-2)

• Chief Bowles

• Chief Parker

• Chief Sitting Bull

• Chief Satanta

Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar were Presidents of Texas during the ____________________ era of Texas history. (p. 318 or 13-1)

• Revolution and Republic

• Mexican Texas

• Spanish Texas

• Early Statehood

• He was the voice of the Tejanos and tried to protect Tejano rights.

• He supported President Lamar’s presidential policies.

• He was chosen as a commissioner on the Santa Fe Expedition.

• He signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.

The famous Tejano leader described is _________________

• Jose Antonio Navarro

• Juan Seguin

• Erasmo Seguin

• Vicente Córdova