Republic to Statehood Test

1. Which of the following was the primary reason that the United States did not want to annex Texas?(Check 2 of the options)

• The U.S. didn't want to cause a fight with Mexico
• The U.S. didn't want to add another slave state
• The United States did not recognize the independence of the Texas Republic.
• The United States didn't like Texas

2. Why did many Texans favor annexation to the United States?

• Texas would keep 21 million acres of public land.
• Texas would be a territory rather than a state.
• Texas debts from the republic would be paid.
• Texas could be divided into five states.

3. Define Manifest Destiny.

• A. The country's divine right to own the Americas
• B. The country's divine right to own the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
• C. The country's divine right to spread the American way of life.
• D. Both B & C

4. What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

• 1836
• 1945
• 1845
• 1776

5. Which president of the Republic of Texas favored annexation?

• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau Lamar

6. The function of the Texas Rangers is

• building irrigation systems for farmers
• return fugitive slaves to Texas
• protect the frontier from Native Americans
• inspect homes and farms

7. Who wrote multiple essays on life in Texas?

• Sam Houston
• Mary Maverick
• William Goyens
• Quanah Parker

8. Why did Mexico refuse the Treaties of Velasco?

• Texas lost the war
• Mexico Won the war
• Santa Anna signed it while still a prisoner
• Stephen F. Austin was in prison

9. Who is the Father of Texas Education?

• Sam Houston
• Anson Jones
• Jack Coffee Hayes
• Mirabeau Lamar

10. Which President of the Republic of Texas wanted to keep peace with the Native Americans?

• Sam Houston
• Anson Jones
• Mirabeau Lamar