Chapter 6 Test: 4th Grade

Who was the President of the United States during Texas annexation?

• President James K. Polk

• President Donald Trump

• President Sam Houston

• President Zachery Taylor

On which date did Texas become a state?

• December 29, 1845

• December 1, 1845

• July 4, 1776

• December 29, 2021

What were the 3 problems that the Republic of Texas could not overcome?

• Slavery, Debt, and good farming land.

• Texas needed financial support, protection, and services

• Friendship, food, and economic activities.

According to the Texas Constitution, who had the right to vote and hold office?

• Tejano Men and Women

• Anglo men 21 and older

• Anglo men and Tejano men 21 and older

• Everyone is Texas had the right to vote and hold office.

Sam Houston was in favor of __________, which meant joining the United States.

• annexation

• representation

• legislation

• a republic

What were two main reasons that some leaders in the United States (U.S.) did not want Texas to become a state?

• Debt & Slavery

• Good farming & ranching

• Immigration & booming economy

• It was too small & nobody wanted to move to Texas

President Polk offered to buy the disputed land from Mexico, but…

• Mexico refused.

• Mexico laughed at them.

• Mexico agreed.

• Mexico ran away.

What was the purpose of the Meusebach-Comanche Treaty

• To settle the boundary dispute between new Texas immigrants and the Comanches

• To settle the boundary dispute between African Americans and the Comanches

• To settle the boundary dispute between Texas and the rest of the United States

Mexico insisted that the ________ River was the boundary between the two countries, but the U.S. said that the ______ was the boundary

• Nueces

  Rio Grande

• Colorado

  Rio Grande

• Mississippi

  Missouri

• Ohio

  Rio Grande

The first real battle in the war with Mexico was called the ….

• Battle of Palo Duro Canyon

• Battle of Palo Alto

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of the Alamo