WorksheetsTexas History- Chapter 13 Review 2
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
As a way of saving money, Sam Houston turned the defense of the republic over to the Texas army.
True
False
Anastacio Bustamante was in favor of the United States making a payment to Mexico and gaining control of Texas.
True
False
Groups in the United States that were opposed to slavery were able to block the annexation of Texas.
True
False
Mirabeau Lamar believed that the citizens of the Republic of Texas should be educated; the Texas Congress responded by setting aside public land for public schools in each county and for two universities.
True
False
Colonel William S. Fisher led the Texas Rangers to victory over the Mexican army at the Battle of Salado Creek.
True
False
Cherokee who led his people from North Carolina to Texas
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Chief Bowles
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
negotiated peace and trade treaties with Native Americans at a Grand Council near Waco
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Chief Bowles
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
planned and built the city of Houston on Buffalo Bayou
John and Augustus Allen
Chief Bowles
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
released by Texas officials in hopes of improving relations with Mexico
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Chief Bowles
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
ordered the Cherokee out of Texas
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Chief Bowles
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Which of the following countries was the first to recognize Texas as an independent country?
United States
Mexico
Great Britain
France
James Pinckney Henderson offered to sell Texas cotton to the British and to sell British manufactured goods in Texas. What was the result of these offers?
Mexico was offended by the relationship between Britain and Texas.
Britain agreed to a trade agreement.
France recognized Texas as a nation.
The United States questioned the ability of Texas to survive.
Which sequence describes the correct order of events between the Republic of Texas and Native Americans?
Council House Fight → Grand Council near Waco→ Battle of Neches → Córdova Rebellion
Córdova Rebellion → Battle of Neches → Council House Fight → Grand Council near Waco
Battle of Neches → Council House Fight → Grand Council near Waco →Córdova Rebellion
Grand Council near Waco → Córdova Rebellion → Battle of Neches →Council House Fight
Why did Sam Houston send Charles Sims to central Texas in 1838?
to get the Comanche and Kiowa to end their raids against central Texas settlements
to organize the Texas Rangers to fight the Comanche and Kiowa in central Texas
to organize a defense to keep the Cherokee from moving into central Texas
to get the Tejanos in central Texas to accept Texas independence
“Assure them . . . that no harm is intended towards them . . . and that they shall have their homes and their lands, and peace will be kept with them. Tell them my words shall not perish. Let them remain at peace!”—Sam Houston, instructions to Charles Sims
To whom is Houston referring to in this excerpt?
Mexicans living throughout the territory that was claimed by both Texas and Mexico
Mexicans living in Santa Fe and the upper Rio Grande Valley
Native Americans living in Texas
Native Americans living in the Yucatán province
Why did Mirabeau Lamar urge the Texas Congress to reject the peace treaty with the Cherokee that had been negotiated by Sam Houston?
Lamar believed that the peace treaty should have given the Cherokee access to more land.
Lamar wanted to negotiate a new peace treaty with the Cherokee.
Lamar thought that Houston had no right to negotiate the treaty with the Cherokee.
Lamar believed that the Cherokee had been involved in the Córdova Rebellion and were allied with Mexico.
In what conflict with Texas did Chief Bowles lose his life?
the Council House fight
the Córdova Rebellion
the Comanche retreat
the Battle of Neches
