WorksheetsRepublic and Statehood Exam
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What was a major Cash Crop in Texas
Cotton
Corn
Oranges
What was the largest European Immigrant group that came to Texas?
British
Germans
Polish
Why would an Anglo doubt the loyalty of a Tejano?
Some Tejanos sided with Mexico during the Texas Revolution.
Tejanos were the cause of the debt in Texas
Tejanos culture was different
The Homestead Act was written to...
Encourage people to own homes in Texas
Encourage people to sell property
Discourage homesteading in Texas
James K Polk winning the US election of 1844 made the possibility of annexation ...
closer because he wanted annexation
impossible because he did not want annexation
Manifest Destiny means...
to dream big
to create a company
To expand America country from east to west.
Which is a good argument against annexation?
Texas still had tension with Mexico
Many Texans were from the United States
America would be closer to Manifest Destiny.
What was an advantage of being an independent Republic?
France recognized Texas independence and creates an embassy in Texas
Texas had too much debt
Texas had too much land to defend
Which was an outcome of of the US Mex war?
Mexico gave up all claims to Texas
US gets the Louisiana Purchase
The Nueces river becomes official border of Texas and Mexico
Annexation of Texas would help with type of states in American politics?
Free states
Slave states
As the United States gained more land westward what issue did they argue over
Slavery, rather or not should it be allowed in new places
Cash Crops, what crops should be grown in new places
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Split the Mexican Cession between Mexico and US
Citizens living in Texas could rejoin Mexico
The boundary between Mexico and US was settled.
What event characterized the Revolution and Republic Era?
Texas independence from Mexico, Presidency of Houston & Lamar
European exploration and colonization
Texas annexation by the United States
What was the cause of unrest in East Texas during Houston's Presidency?
Feuds with Mexico
Frontier raids by Comanche Indians
Spanish missionaries attacking citizens
Sam Houston opposed this policy but Lamar favored it.
Annexation
Taxation
Peace with Indians
What city did the Lamar choose as the capital?
Dallas
Houston
Austin
Which was a correct cause of the US Mexican War?
Allowing slavery in Mexico
Claims to the land between Nueces and Rio Grande River.
Anglo American rights in Mexico
