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Unit 6 Texas Annexation Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happen in Texas History in 1845?

a)

Santa Anna became President of Mexico

b)

Texas declared independence from Mexico

c)

Texas broke away from the United States

d)

Texas became part of the United States

2.

Why is Sam Houston important to Texas History?

a)

He was the 1st Elected President of Texas

b)

He banned slavery in Texas

c)

He wrote the Texas Constitution

d)

He started the First College in Texas

3.

What was the role of the Texas Rangers in early Texas History?

a)

They kept Texas safe from Native American and outlaw attacks

b)

They wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence

c)

They help make the laws in Texas

d)

They settled the debt problems in Texas

4.

Who is considered the "Father of Texas Education"?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Stephen F. Austin

c)

Mirabeau Lamar

d)

Anson Jones

5.

How would you describe the Texas Navy when Texas was its own country?

a)

Texas Navy was one of the strongest in the world

b)

Majority of the Texas navy was Native Americans

c)

Texas had a very small navy and it was weak

d)

Texas had the United States Navy to help them

6.

Why were the Mexican Government mad at Texas with the Santa Fe expedition to New Mexico?

a)

Sam Houston was trying to sell illegal material in the Mexican territory

b)

President Lamar was trying to get New Mexico to rebel against Mexico

c)

President Lamar sent Texans to New Mexico to grow Cash Crops

d)

President Lamar was trying to make an alliance with Native Americans tribes

7.

What was Anson Jones' opinion on Texas Annexation?

a)

He supported Texas becoming part of the United States

b)

He did not agree with Texas joining the United States

c)

He only thought some of Texas should be Annex to the United States

d)

He thought that Texas should join Mexico again

8.

Why was their conflict between the Native Americans the Republic of Texas?

a)

Native Americans did not respect the debt Texas had gained

b)

Texans would not trade with the Native Americans

c)

Many Texans continue to take Native American land

d)

Native Americans would spread deadly diseases in the Texas towns

9.

Why was there a dispute between Mexico and Texas over the border?

a)

Texas thought the border should be at the Nueces River not the Rio Grande

b)

Texas thought the border should be at the Rio Grande not the Nueces River

c)

Mexico thought the border should be at the Rio Grande not the Nueces River

d)

Mexico thought that San Antonio should be in Mexico not Texas

10.

Why did taxes NOT solve the debt problem in Texas?

a)

The Texas Government only used the taxes for government buildings

b)

Texans were mostly poor and couldn't afford the taxes

c)

Texans did not believe in paying taxes

d)

The Texas Government had to pay all the tax dollars to the United States

11.

What was the primary cause of the U.S.-Mexican War?

a)

The border between Texas and Mexico was in dispute

b)

Mexico attacked in the U.S. Capital

c)

The United States attacked the Mexican capital

d)

Mexico was helping escape enslaved people from the United States

12.

Why did Texas want to be annexed by the United States?

a)

Texas would be able to create a constitution for equal rights to all people

b)

Texas would be able to vote in Presidential elections

c)

The United States would provide protection from Mexican attacks

d)

The United States would be allow to trade with Texas

13.

How did sectionalism in the United States impact the annexation of Texas?

a)

The Southern states were worried that Texas would become a free state

b)

The Northern states were worried that Texas would provide more slave states

c)

Texas wanted to get rid of slavery but the U.S. told them they had to keep them

d)

The United States was trying to make a deal to let Mexico get Texas back

14.

Why did many Texans want Texas to be annex to the United States?

a)

The debt from the Republic of Texas would be paid by the United States

b)

Texas would become a territory instead of a new state in the United States

c)

Texas would be able to split up into 5 new states

d)

Texas would be able to gain new land from New Mexico

15.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

The method of adding new states to the United States

b)

A religious group that settled in Utah

c)

A reform movement to fix the prison and mental health system

d)

A belief that the United States was destined to expand westward

16.

What was the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

a)

It ended the U.S. Mexican War and set the border at the Rio Grande

b)

California would become its own country

c)

It ended the Texas Revolution

d)

It allowed Texas to join the United States as a slave state

17.

How did President James K. Polk start the U.S.-Mexican War?

a)

He sent soldiers to the disputed area that got attacked by Mexican soldiers

b)

He sent a threatening telegram to the Mexican President

c)

He sent Americans to build new towns in the disputed area

d)

He sent the Mexican Government $30 Million to buy the disputed area

18.

After the U.S. Mexican War, what became the Southern Border between Mexico and the U.S.?

a)

The Rio Grande River

b)

The Colorado River

c)

The Mississippi River

d)

The Gulf of Mexico

19.

Which of the following future states did the United States gain from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

a)

Oregon

b)

Texas

c)

California

d)

Florida

20.

What territory did the U.S. gain from France for $15 Million?

a)

California

b)

Oregon

c)

Texas

d)

Louisiana

21.

According to Manifest Destiny, Americans were destine to expand out ______________.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

22.

Texas became the _________ State in the United States.

a)

15th

b)

28th

c)

45th

d)

50th

23.

Which immigrant group settled in Fredericksburg and Hill Country when moving to Texas?

a)

Germans

b)

Irish

c)

Polish

d)

Czech

24.

What is considered a cultural legacy from Czech immigrants from Texas?

a)

Creole

b)

Corned Beef

c)

Easter Bunnies

d)

Kolaches

25.

Why was the Polish immigrants living in Texas were considered suspicious during the Civil War?

a)

The Polish did not support factory workers

b)

The Polish did not support violence

c)

The Polish did not support slavery

d)

The Texans could not understand their language