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Republic of TX Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 3hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What problems did every president of Texas face?
a)
Problems with American Indians
b)
Large public debt
c)
Problems with Mexico
d)
All answers correct
2.
Who was the first ELECTED president of Texas?
a)
Burnet
b)
Houston
c)
Mr. Stevenson
3.
As president of Texas, why did Dr. Anson Jones say, “The Republic of Texas is no more.”  on Feb. 19th, 1846?
a)
That was the day Texas was annexed and became the 28th state in the United States of America.
b)
That was the day Mexican forces defeated Texas forces at the Rio Grande.
c)
Great Britain had finally taken Texas as a protectorate.
d)
That was the day that Texas became known as Coahuila y Tejas.
4.

Why was Houston able to understand the problems of Native American tribes?

a)

he was a Native American himself

b)

he had lived among the Cherokees for several years

c)

his mother was a Native American

d)

he was married to a Native American

5.

He urged for peaceful relations between Texas and Mexico (as well as Native Americans).

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Anson Jones

6.

He increased the national debt to $7million by the end of his term.

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Anson Jones

7.

He opposed annexation.

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Anson Jones

8.

Mirabeau Lamar was the

a)

second president of the Republic of Texas.

b)

third president of the Republic of Texas.

c)

fourth president of the Republic of Texas.

9.

___ kept journals and diaries that have helped historians learn about what life was like during the Republic of Texas era.

a)

Laura Bush

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Mary Maverick

d)

Hermione Granger

10.

Chief Bowles is

a)

the Cherokee leader who died trying to protect his people's land from President Lamar.

b)

President Lamar's Secretary of Treasury

c)

an ambassador to the United States

d)

a spy from Mexico.

11.

The ___ is the group that protected Texan settlers from Native Americans.

a)

Texas Rangers

b)

Houston Rockets

c)

Texas Navy

d)

Mexican Army

12.

Sam Houston was

a)

Lamar's best friend forever.

b)

ready for retirement after the Texas Revolution.

c)

not interested in the future of Texas.

d)

the first ELECTED president of the Republic of Texas.

13.

Chief Bowels had a more positive relationship with

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Anson Jones

c)

Mirabeau Lamar

d)

Andrew Jackson

14.

After the Texas Revolution, Texas was

a)

a state of Mexico.

b)

a state of the United States.

c)

an independent republic (it's own country).

15.

Why did the Republic of Texas have money problems?

a)

They bought a thousand lottery tickets- and didn't win.

b)

They borrowed $1.25 million to pay for the Texas Revolution.

c)

The Texas Rangers demanded a raise.

d)

No one payed any taxes.

16.

Which Texas President was the most supportive of Native American rights?

a)

Mirabeau Lamar

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Anson Jones

17.

Paying off the Republic of Texas debts would be a benefit of

a)

annexation to the United States.

b)

rejoining Mexico.

c)

selling the Alamo.

d)

breeding Armadillos as pets.