SOCIAL STUDIES DCA

Colonel of the Texian Cavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto

 

2nd President of the Republic of Texas

 

Known as “Father of Texas Education”

Who am I?

• José Antonio Navarro

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Anson Jones 

Which of the following is true about Republic of Texas President Anson Jones?

• He served until Texas became a state

• He moved the capital from Houston to Austin

• He held office as president three times in a row. 

• He designed the first Lone Star flag with a blue star 

Which statement BEST describes one of the successes of the Republic of Texas? 

• it establishes a written constitution 

• it gave all people the same freedoms

• it stopped immigrants from coming to Texas

• it made slavery illegal 

According to the timeline, how many months passed from the victory at San Jacinto to the election of Sam Houston as the first president of Texas?

 

• less than one month

• more than one month

• more than four months

• more than five months

How did the war with Mexico impact the United States?

• it led to Texas Independence 

• It made Mexico a trustworthy ally 

• It strengthened the United States Navy 

• It gave more land to the United States 

Which event correctly completes the sequence of events?

• Texans outlaw slavery

• Texans turn over all public land

• Texans vote to become part of the United States

• Texans take an oath to be loyal to the United States

How did Barbara Jordan model active participation in the democratic process?

• She was the first African American woman elected to the Texas Senate.

• She was the first African American woman from a southern state to be elected to the

  U.S. House of Representatives

• She was the first African-American, as well as the first woman, to deliver a keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.

• All of the above

 One of the primary strategies employed by Federal forces in weakening the Confederacy was the use of blockading fleets along the eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States. “Scott’s Great Snake”, published at the outset of the Civil War, humorously portrays General Winfield Scott’s “Anaconda Plan” to strangle the southern states by cutting off any imported supplies and halting cotton exports.

Source: Library of Congress

 

 

 

What impact did the “Anaconda Plan” have on Texas during the Civil War?

• Union ships set up blockades along the Texas coast, in an effort to prevent Texas from important and exporting goods. 

• Union ships set up blockades along the Texas coast, which forced Texas to secede from the Union

• Union ships set up blockades along the Texas coast, in an effort to prevent the Texas Rangers from fighting in the Civil War 

• Union ships set up blockades along Texas coast, which forced Texas' annexation to Mexico. 

What impact did Reconstruction have on the economy of Texas?

• Texans were unable to produce or export cotton

• Texans had to declare that secession from the Union was illegal

• Texans could no longer own or use enslaved people 

• Texans established Black Codes prohibiting sharecropping 

How did the government of Texas change during Reconstruction?

• it became an independent state

• it became a confederate state

• it became a state in the United States

• It became a state in the Republic of Texas