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WorksheetsEarly Statehood Test Review :)
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 58mins
What principle requires all u s citizens including government leaders, to obey the law?
Republicanism
Limited Government
Federalism
Individual Rights
What is the name of the government system that balances power between the central govt. and the states?
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Which term of govt. gives all the political power to the people? (voting)
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Seperation of Powers
Individual Rights
What is the division between the three branches of the govt.?
Popular Soveriegnty
Seperation of Powers
Individual rights
Checks and Balances
What is the system that makes sure that no branch of the gov. has to much power?
Federalism
Republicanism
Checks and Balances
Seperation of Powers
What is the name of the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people?
Republicanism
Popular Soveriegnty
Federalism
Individual Rights
What divides basic government into three branches?
Limited Government
Republicanism
Checks and Balances
Seperation of Powers
Choose the answers of why the US did NOT want to annex Texas?
Slavery was still legal in Texas
The US did not want to expand
They thought annexation would lead to war with Mexico
The US was in debt and wouldn't be able to handle Texas.
Choose the answers of the causes of the Texas annexation.
Texas needed allies for the war against Mexico
US wanting Manifest Destiny to expand the country
Texas was in public debt
President Polk was a bad president
Choose the answers of the causes of the Mexican-American War.
Mexico rejected that Texas claims to the unsettled territory.
US annexed Texas
Mexico wanted revenge
Mexico was in debt
Who was the president of the U.S when texas was annexed to the U.S?
Sam Houston
James Polk
Anson Jones
Mirabeau Lamar
What officially ended the Mexican-American war?
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Tordesillas
What was the main effect of the Mexican-American war?
The Texas Republic collapsed
The Texas Annexation
The Mexican Cession
There was no effect
Choose the answers of the crucial problems Texas faced when Texas was a republic?
Finding a President
Location of Capital
Farming
Public Debt
What was Santa Anna's selling point to get voted into office?
He would support the constitution of 1824
He was the best general
He would make slavery legal
None of the above
What is the lime green?
Region of most Texas slavery
Mexican Cession
Disputed area between Texas and Mexico
Areas settled by Germans, Czech, and Mexicans
What does this picture represent?
Region of most Texas slavery
Mexican Cession
Disputed area between Texas and Mexico
Areas settled by Germans, Czech, and Mexicans
What does this picture represent?
Region of most Texas slavery
Mexican Cession
Disputed area between Texas and Mexico
Areas settled by Germans, Czech, and Mexicans
What does this picture represent?
Region of most Texas slavery
Mexican Cession
Disputed area between Texas and Mexico
Areas settled by Germans, Czech, and Mexicans
Who wrote the constitution for the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
George Childress
Davy Crockett
William B Travis
Who commanded the Texan Soldiers at Goliad in which he was executed along with 400 of his men?
James Fannin
Sam Houston
George Childress
What was NOT a requirement to settle in Austin's colony based on the Colonization Law of 1825?
Convert to Catholicism
Own Slaves
Become Loyal to Mexico
Moral Character
Which one of these did James Fannin NOT do?
Command Texan Soldiers
Become President of the Texan Republic
Be executed along with his soldiers at the Battle of Coleto Creek
Defend Goliad at the Battle of Coleto Creek
What was the ratio that Mier Y. Teran saw when comparing the American settlers to Mexican settlers?
5 to 2
10 to 3
10 to 1
5 to 10
True or False:
Mexican govt. allowed slavery in Texas and Mexico
True
False
With the Law of April 6th, what had changed about immigration to Texas?
All immigrants that had come from the U.S must go back to the U.S
All immigration from the U.S is banned
Immigration is encouraged
None of these are correct
What were some of the ways Sam Houston tried to reduce public debt? Choose all that apply.
By not trading with other countries
By reducing the army's size
By not purchasing goods
By avoiding conflict with natives
What caused the Battle of Coleto in 1836?
Texas attempt at assassinating Santa Anna
Texas being outraged that the Constitution of 1824 was being ignored
Texas attempt to stop Mexico from advancing any further
None of these are correct
What was Mirabeau Lamars view about annexation to the U.S?
He hated the Idea and thought Texas would do better on it's own
He did not care about annexation bc he was focused on fixing debt.
He loved the Idea and advertised it with his life
None of these are correct
