Unit 5 Common 10 Review (New)

What happened in the Córdova Rebellion?

• The Texas government attempted to collect taxes on imported goods, property, and livestock to reduce the public debt.

• The Texas Rangers held a group of Comanche negotiators hostage until they agreed to release their white captives.

• A group of Tejanos, with help from Mexico, joined with Native Americans to fight against the Texas Republic.

• President Houston attempted to move the government’s archives out of Austin if the city came under attack.

Based on the excerpt, which of the following was an option for Mexican citizens living in the territories acquired by the Unites States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• They could choose to give up their Mexican citizenship and become United States citizens

• They could declare dual citizenship in both the United States and in Mexico

• They could keep their lands but then they would be forced to give up their Mexican citizenship

• They could choose to give up their families homes

What is the best title for the timeline?

• Achievements of the United States

• Manifest Destiny

• Presidents of the Republic

• Events of the Republic of Texas

One reason the Republic of Texas had financial difficulties was that -

• the government had few sources of revenue and printed too much paper money

• the government refused to pay retired soldiers for their former service

• its trade with Mexico was stopped after Texas achieved independence

• the United States boycotted goods from Texas to avoid war with Mexico

Why did the United States Congress refuse to annex Texas in the 1830s?

• They feared annexing territory that was controlled by Native American tribes

• Northern states did not want to annex a large slave-holding state

• They did not want to pay the debts that Texas owed from the war

• They knew many Texans opposed annexation

-In 1819-1820, he brought the Cherokee Indians to East Texas.-In 1836, Sam Houston signed a treaty allowing his people to remain in East Texas, but the treaty was rejected by the Texas Senate.-In 1839, his people were attacked for refusing to move from their homes to Indian Territory in the North.-In July 1839, he was killed at the Battle the Neches.

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Chief Philip Bowles

• Chief Stand Watie

• William Goyens

Under the Compromise of 1850 -

• all the territories of the Mexican Cession were admitted as free states

• voters in California decided whether to allow slavery in their state

• Texas agreed to give up its claims to New Mexico in exchange for $10 million

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• lands bought from Mexico through the Gadsden Purchase became part of Texas

During the Santa Fe Expedition, President Mirabeau Lamar sent José Antonio Navarro and more than 300 soldiers and merchants to annex Santa Fe as part of the expansion of the Republic. What was significant about Santa Fe’s location?

• It was located near the border with the United States, in a disputed area claimed by the Yamparika, Kiowa, and Kotsoteka.

• It was located near the border with the United States, in a disputed area claimed by both Mexico and Texas.

• It was located near the border of Texas, in a disputed area claimed by both Mexico and Texas.

• It was located near the border with California and Oregon Territory.

The year 1845 is significant to Texas history because -

• Mexico achieved its independence from Spain

• Texas was annexed by the United States

• Texas declared its independence from Mexico

• Texas seceded from the United States

Which free African American became a successful businessman in Nacogdoches, negotiated with the Cherokees, and built both a sawmill and a gristmill?

• William Goyens

• Norris Wright Cuney

• Frederick Douglass

• Joshua Houston