Ch. 6 Test

What was one reason Sam Houston wanted Texas to be added to the United States?

• Texas needed the protection of the United States.

• Texas would gain access to the Gulf of Mexico.

• Texas could then break away from Mexico.

• Texas would have more freedoms.

What was Sam Houston’s role in the government of the Republic of Texas?

• Treasurer

• Governor

• President

• Ambassador

What did Texas have to give to the United States government in order to become a state?

• Public land

• A resolution

• $15 million

• Forts

Which of the following describes a purpose of the Constitution of 1845?

• To teach Texans about Louisiana laws

• To give all Texans the right to vote

• To outline how Texas would be run

• To end slavery in Texas

Look at the map to answer the question.

According to the map, why might conflict break out between Texas and Mexico?

• Both countries want to expand west.

• Both countries border the United States.

• Both countries claim some of the same land.

• Both countries need access to the Gulf of Mexico.

Why might the Meusebach-Comanche Treaty have caused more immigrants to move to Texas?

• It made more land available for settlement.

• It gave land to Baron John O. Meusebach.

• It ended all conflicts with American Indians.

• It allowed Baron John O. Meusebach to bring more Germans to Texas.

Where did many Polish and Czechoslovakian immigrants build towns and settlements?

• In northern and western Texas

• In central and southeast Texas

• In eastern and northern Texas

• In southern and southwestern Texas

Where in Texas would you likely find an Oktoberfest celebration in the 1860s

• Fredericksburg

• Panna Maria

• Eagle Pass

• El Paso

What was one difference among immigrants to Texas?

• They celebrated their own holidays.

• They came for new opportunities.

• They left their customs behind.

• They had to meet their needs.

Read the excerpt. Then answer the next two questions.

"I shall feel the blood our martyred [suffering] heroes had been shed in vain-that we had riven [split] the chains of Mexican despotism [cruel power] only to fetter [limit] our country with indissoluble [lasting] bonds, and that a young republic just rising into high distinction [importance] among the nations of the earth had been swallowed up and lost..."

-Mirabeau B. Lamar

According to the quotation, how did Mirabeau B. Lamar feel about the annexation of Texas?

• He felt it would help Texas break away from Mexico.

• He felt it would strengthen ties to the United States.

• He felt it was the next step for Texas.

• He felt it would limit Texas.