WorksheetsChapter 6 & 7 Review Texas History
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which statement is a reason why many United States citizens did not want to annex Texas?
Texas laws allowed slavery.
Texas wanted to be a part of Mexico.
Texas had different ideas on government.
Texas was much smaller than the United States.
Which problem did the Republic of Texas face?
The Republic had large debts.
The Republic had weak leadership.
The Republic had few natural resources.
The Republic had been annexed to Mexico.
Which statement describes José Antonio Navarro’s role in Texas?
He was an empresario who led colonists to Texas.
He was a writer of the Texas Constitution.
He was a leader in the Texas Rangers.
He was the first governor of Texas.
Which is an effect of the Meusebach-Comanche Treaty?
Land was set aside as hunting territory.
Public land could no longer be given away.
Land became more expensive for immigrants.
More land was made available for settlement.
Where did many German immigrants set up towns in Texas?
In the central part of Texas
Along the Gulf of Mexico
Near the Mexican border
In the Texas Panhandle
Why did the Texas Rangers have a history of success?
They were the highest paid soldiers.
They spoke both Spanish and English.
They defended Texas as a republic and a state.
They trained with the United States Army for many years.
Why did President Polk ask Congress to declare war on Mexico?
The United States wanted to spread south to Mexico City.
Mexican soldiers set up forts along the Rio Grande.
Mexican forces attacked an army unit in the disputed territory.
The United States wanted to force Mexican officials to discuss
border disagreements.
What was an impact of the end of the Mexican War on Tejanos?
They became United States citizens.
They were forced to move to Mexico.
They lost all their property rights in Texas.
They worked to repair relations between the two countries.
Which is an effect of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The United States declared war on Mexico.
Mexico gave more than 500,000 acres of land to the United States.
Tejanos were no longer treated with equal rights.
Relations between the United States and Mexico became more tense.
How did the annexation of Texas cause tensions with Mexico?
Mexico could no longer travel the Rio Grande to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Republic of Texas had not paid off its debt to Mexico.
The United States and Mexico disagreed over boundaries.
Mexico wanted more money for the disputed territory.
Why did settlers bring African American slaves to Texas?
To help fight in the Civil War
To stop the spread of slavery
To work on farms and plantations
To help other enslaved workers to freedom
Why did planters in Texas grow wealthy in the 1850s?
They discovered oil.
They sold a lot of cotton.
They sold their land to newcomers.
They bought goods and resold them at higher prices.
Which of the following led to the secession of Texas?
Tariffs hurt the economy of the North.
Abolitionists spoke out against slavery.
States were given the right to nullify laws.
Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
Why did the North set up blockades along the Texas coast during the Civil War?
To capture ships
To get soldiers to shore
To move supplies to troops
To stop supplies from entering or leaving
Which ended slavery in the Confederacy?
The surrender at Appomattox Court House
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Texas Constitution of 1845
The secession of Texas
Why did people in Texas start to celebrate Juneteenth?
To celebrate the end of the war
To honor those that died in the Civil War
To celebrate the day slaves in Texas learned they were free
To celebrate the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation
Which phrase best describes life in Texas during Reconstruction?
The same as before the war
Difficult for almost everyone
Peaceful and productive for all
Easy for most but hard for a few
Which was a goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
To end slavery in Texas
To reduce tariffs in the South
To help planters rebuild farms
To help newly freed African Americans
What was included in the Texas Constitution of 1869?
Equal rights for women
Establishment of the Ku Klux Klan
Voting rights for African American men
Citizenship rights for Mexican Americans
What did many Texas farmers have to learn during Reconstruction?
How to find good homes and jobs
How to adopt a new state constitution
How to grow crops without enslaved workers
How to sell more cotton to countries in Europe
