Which of the following statements BEST describe the era of the Texas Republic?

Select TWO correct answers.

• General Santa Anna led a siege on the Texans inside the Alamo.

• President Sam Houston attempted to prevent new conflict with Mexico.

• Stephen F. Austin worked as an empresario to increase settlement in Texas.

• President Abraham Lincoln signed a law to end slavery in the United States.

• President Mirabeau B. Lamar established the Texas public school system.

Sought to avoid war with Mexico

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Both

Opposed annexation to the United States

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Both

Favored annexation to the United States

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Both

Made an alliance with a rebel government in Yucatán to preserve the Texas Republic

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Both

This map details America's expansion throughout the 1800s.

Americans believed that it was their Manifest Destiny to fill the land with states from coast to coast. How did Texas Annexation help fulfill their destiny?

• Through Annexation

• Through the Republic

• Through warfare

• Through the Mexican Cession

Mirabeau Lamar is remembered for all of the following EXCEPT —

• favoring westward expansion

• relocating the capital to Austin

• serving as the Republic's first president

• developing the educational system

Which of the following was an EARLY problem faced by the Republic of Texas?

• lack of recognition as a nation by other countries

• interference by U.S. military

• 
  lack of leadership

• no access to trade

Why did Texas want to be annexed by the United States?

• Texas would have its debts paid by the U.S.

• Texas would remain an independent territory in the U.S.

• Texas was at war with Mexico.

• Texas would be allowed to remain a sovereign nation

Which event MOST likely influenced the voting pattern on the map above?

• expansion of slavery

• threat of war with Spain

• competition of the transcontinental railroad through Texas

• Battle of the Alamo