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WorksheetsSam Houston's 1st Term as Republic of Texas President
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the first, elected-by-the-people, president of the Republic of Texas?
a)
Stephen F. Austin
b)
David G. Burnett
c)
Sam Houston
d)
Anson Jones
2.
How long did Houston's first term last?
a)
1836-1838
b)
1838-1840
c)
1840-1842
d)
1840-1845
3.
Who served as the first, elected-by-the-people, vice president of the Republic of Texas?
a)
Lorenzo de Zavala
b)
Mirabeau B. Lamar
c)
Stephen F. Austin
d)
Erastus "Deaf" Smith
4.
Which of the following was NOT a problem Houston encountered during his first term as president?
a)
Debt (over $1,000,000)
b)
Mexican refusal to accept TX independence
c)
Threats from Native Americans
d)
Cholera epidemic
5.
What was Houston's solution to the problems the Republic was facing?
a)
War with Mexico
b)
Annexation into the US
c)
Ignore all problems until they resolve themselves
d)
War with the US
6.
Who served as the Secretary of State during Houston's first term as president?
a)
Mirabeau B. Lamar
b)
Stephen F. Austin
c)
Anson Jones
d)
John Davis Bradburn
7.
When Anson Jones asked the US Congress to annex Texas, they said something like,
a)
"Yes! Welcome to America!"
b)
"No! You belong to Mexico!"
c)
"We won't be deciding now....Sorry!"
d)
"No! You would be a slave state."
8.
When annexation to the US fell through, Houston chose to
a)
take back the request to annex TX.
b)
wait for the US to decide on annexation.
c)
ask Santa Anna if they could rejoin Mexico.
d)
through a big baby fit!
9.
What did Houston do to help Texas with their financial problems?
a)
Stop/Reduce government spending as much as possible
b)
Issue promissory notes (star money)
c)
Both
10.
When Felix Huston arrived from the US with 500-700 soldiers ready to fight Mexico, Sam Houston chose to...
a)
prepare for war with Mexico.
b)
send the troops back home so he wouldn't have to pay them.
c)
hide the troops along the border in case Mexico attacked again.
d)
make the soldiers citizens of the Republic of Texas.
11.
Houston was _____ toward the Native Americans.
a)
sympathetic
b)
hostile
12.
What land in Texas did Houston promise to the Native Americans?
a)
land along the coast
b)
land in East Texas
c)
land in the mountains of West Texas
d)
the Texas Panhandle
13.
What group of men did Houston call upon to help patrol the frontier areas of Texas in order to help both the Native American and Texan citizens?
a)
Army of the People
b)
Soldiers from the Battle of San Jacinto
c)
Texas Rangers
d)
militias from various TX towns
14.
Why did Houston not run for a second term as president immediately after his first term?
a)
TX Constitution did not allow back-to-back terms.
b)
Houston didn't want to be president ever again.
c)
Lamar tricked him into not running.
d)
Houston thought TX was about to annexed to the US.
15.
Who became president of Texas after Houston's first term ended?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Anson Jones
c)
Mirabeau B. Lamar
d)
Stephen F. Austin
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