Republic of Texas and Immigration

Texas had trouble with finances due to....

• lack of revenue and excess amount of printed money
• The US refused to recognize them as an independent country
• Mexico set up a Naval blockade that didn't allow Texas to sell goods
• There was a drought that killed all crops in Texas

Which Texas president hated Native Americans and wanted them out of Texas?

• Lamar
• Houston
• Jones
• Jackson

Who was the leader of the Cherokees who made land treaties with Sam Houston before being killed in the Battle of Neches?

• Chief Bull Horn
• Chief Philip Bowles
• Chief William Goyens
• Chief Standing Bull

Why did the US refuse to annex Texas in the late 1830's?

• They did not want to pay Texas war debt
• They did not want to deal with the Comanche tribe
• They did not want to cause conflict with Mexico
• They did not want to mess up their balance of free and slave states

Which of the following is not a reason Texas had financial difficulty?

• They printed too much paper money
• They gave away too much land to war veterans
• They had few sources of income as a government
• Texan citizens did want any taxes

What was the main cause of the Cherokee War?

• Anglo's wanted the Cherokee land for themselves
• Chief Bowles and the Cherokee fought for Mexico during the Mexican Revolution
• Chief Bowles united the Cherokee with other native tribes to fight against the Anglo Texans
• Cherokee's kept raiding the Texan settlements

How did the belief of Manifest Destiny affect Texas annexation to the US?

• It made US citizens take pity on the poor Texan people
• It made the US people eager to conquer Mexico 
• US citizens wanted to move out and control all the land to the Pacific Ocean
• US Citizens saw the potential for farming in Texas and believed they were called to grow Texas

Which of the following were Sam Houston's foreign policy goals?

• To gain other countries recognition of Texas as an independent nation
• avoid annexation to the US
• avoid conflict with Mexico
• both avoid conflict with Mexico and gain recognition from other countries

Which part of the US did not want Texas annexed?

• The South because they opposed slavery
• The North because they supported slavery
• The South because they supported slavery
• The North because they opposed slavery

Why did anglo settlers come to Texas?

• For new opportunities
• To fight Mexico
• To have slaves since slavery was illegal in the US
• To flee from the cholera outbreak in the US