Republic of Texas and Early Statehood

1.) Please complete the timeline with the missing date:

1836 - Texas Wins Independence, _______ - Texas Annexation, 1861 - Texas Joins the Confederacy

• 1838

• 1845

• 1842

• 1850

Who served as President of Texas after Sam Houston's first term?

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Goyens

A major focus of Houston's first Presidency of the Republic of Texas was . . . ?

• Writing a constitution for Texas

• Planning annexation by the United States

• Resettling Texans away from the border with Mexico

• paying debts from fighting the Texas Revolution

The primary function of the Texas Rangers for the Republic of Texas was to . . .

• establish a prison system for the Texas justice system

• return fugitive enslaved people to Texas farms

• build irrigation systems for Texas farmers

• Protect Texans from American Indian tribes

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

• Texas would have its debts paid by the US

• Texas was at war with Mexico

• Texas would remain an independent territory in the US

• Texas would be allowed to be a sovereign nation

How did the Compromise of 1850 affect Texas?

• The practice of enslaving people was expanded

• Texas was admitted to the United States union

• Many U. S. southerners moved to Texas

• New borders were established for Texas

This map shows the results of the Compromise of 1850. Use the map above and your knowledge of Texas history to choose the best answer about the impact of the Compromise of 1850 on Texas.

• Texas was declared a slave state.

• Texas lost land to New Mexico.

• Texas received $10 million

• All of the answers are true.

What was the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

• The treaty that ended the US Revolutionary War against Great Britain

• The treaty that ended the Texas Revolution against Mexico

• The treaty that ended the US - Mexico War

• The treaty that ended the French and Indian War

How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo affect Texas? Please select three correct answers.

• Mexico agreed to let Texas' boundary be the Rio Grande River.

• Mexico agreed to let Texas' boundary be the Nueces River.

• Mexico gave the United States all the land all of its land between Western Texas and the Pacific Ocean, including California.

• Mexico refused to give the United States all the land all of its land between Western Texas and the Pacific Ocean, including California.

• The United States and Mexico ended their conflict.

Which of the following reflects the belief in Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that the United States should conquer all of Mexico

• The belief that the United States should expand westward to the coast

• To fill all ships' manifests as full as possible before crossing the Atlantic

• It is manifest that all Texans are destined to greatness