Unit 6: Republic of Texas/Early Statehood

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

(a)  

Who am I?:

-4th president of the Republic of Texas

-limited government spending

-last president before Texas was annexed

• Sam Houston

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Stephen F. Austin

What was the group put in charge of protecting Texas from Native American tribes?

(a)  

What was a significant problem that Texas had after fighting in the Revolution?

• Writing a constitution for Texas.

• Planning annexation by the US.

• Debts from fighting in the revolution.

• Resettling Texans away from the border with Mexico.

A primary goal of the Santa Fe Expedition was to -

• establish a western boundary of Texas

• escort the Cherokee tribe to Oklahoma

• free Anglo captives from Comanche leaders

• rescue Texas Rangers trapped in New Mexico

Which Texan's diaries and journals have helped historians learn about daily life in the Texas Republic?

• Sam Houston

• William Goyens

• Jack Coffee Hays

• Mary Maverick

Choose the reason that Sam Houston opposed building a navy for Texas:

• Drain Texas' finances

• It would anger the US

• Heighten tensions with Mexico

• Curb trade on the Caribbean Sea

What was an effect of immigration to Texas?

• Industrial growth

• Expansion of population

• Outbreak of a civil war

• Preparation for world war

Select the primary reason that the US didn't want to annex Texas in 1837

• Annexation would likely start a war between the US and Mexico.

• The US didn't recognize the independence of the Texas Republic.

• Annexation would raise problems with slaveholders in the US.

• The US had laws forbidding any slavery state to be admitted.

Annexation to the US looked good to many Texans because...

• Texas debts from the republic would be paid.

• Texas would be a territory rather than a state.

• Texas would keep 21 million acres of public land.

• Texas could be divided into five states.