WorksheetsTexas Studies Weekly #19
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What evidence from the text shows that people thought Sam Houston was a good military leader?
a)
He helped solve problems between the U.S. government and Cherokee Indians.
b)
He was a well-respected soldier in the U.S. Army.
c)
He was asked to go to Texas to serve as general in the Texas Army.
d)
He liked working in government and was elected into the U.S. Congress in 1823.
2.
Which answer best explains why Sam Houston was elected as the new president of the Republic of Texas?
a)
He was intelligent, so people trusted him to run the new country of Texas.
b)
He helped write the new Texas Constitution.
c)
He was a well-respected politician, so people trusted him.
d)
He was the army general who defeated Santa Anna and won Texas its freedom.
3.
In what year did Texas win its independence from Mexico?
a)
1835
b)
1836
c)
1935
d)
1936
4.
Sam Houston was born in _________.
a)
San Jacinto
b)
Tennessee
c)
Texas
d)
Virginia
5.
Why did Texas start minting its own currency in 2010?
a)
Texans did not want the value of their coins to drop with inflation so they made them out of silver.
b)
Leaders wanted the coins to say Republic of Texas on them.
c)
Texas wanted to follow in other states' footsteps and mint their own money.
d)
Texans wanted the lone star printed on the coins that were minted.
6.
Why did Sam most likely run away when he was 16?
a)
He wanted to have more time to read.
b)
He wanted to join the Texas army.
c)
He didn't like being told what to do.
d)
He wanted to get a job.
7.
The reader can tell that as a young man Sam ______ .
a)
did not stay focused on any one activity for too long
b)
served as a general in the Texas Army
c)
received good grades in the subject of reading at school
d)
enjoyed planting crops for his mother
8.
Sam wanted to teach school in order to
a)
learn more about indians
b)
study farming techniques
c)
show children that school can be fun
d)
pay back money to his mother
9.
The author organizes the article, "New Republic: New Opportunities and Challenges," by _______.
a)
telling about things that happened in the Republic in the order in which they happened
b)
explaining why the Republic of Texas was created
c)
describing how immigrants helped increase the population of Texas
d)
comparing the good and bad things about the Republic of Texas
10.
What does the word immigrant mean, in paragraph 5 of the article, "New Republic: New Opportunities and Challenges"?
a)
people who are elected officials
b)
people who lived in the Republic of Texas
c)
people from other countries who settled in Texas
d)
people who live in other nations
11.
Which idea belongs in the empty box?
a)
Poet
b)
Father of Texas Education
c)
Farmer
d)
Vice President of the Republic of Texas
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