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Texas Republic & Annexation Assessment

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Texas president was in office when the country annexed 

     to the United States?   (4.3C)

a)

Anson Jones

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Mirabeau Lamar

2.

What was the biggest issue between the Native Texans and the Texas settlers?  (4.3D)

a)

access to cattle

b)

Texas citizenship

c)

access to land

d)

shipping in the Gulf of Mexico

3.

What are the founding documents of the Republic of Texas?  (4.13A)

a)

The Constitution of 1824 & the US Constitution

b)

The Treaties of Velasco & the Treaty of Peace and 

Friendship

c)

The Texas Declaration of Independence & Texas 

Constitution

d)

The Republic of Texas Constitution & the Constitution of 

1824

4.

Who is being described in the graph above?  (4.3C, 4.19C)

a)

Jose Antonio Navarro

b)

Juan N. Seguin

c)

Jose Francisco Ruiz

d)

Enrique Esparza

5.

What topic was very important to Mirabeau Lamar?  (4.3C)

a)

relations with Spanish

b)

annexing Texas to the U.S.

c)

education in Texas

d)

increasing ranching in Texas

6.

What organization is being described above and by who?  (4.3D, 4.19A)

a)

The Texas Army and Stephen F. Austin

b)

The Texas Rangers and Stephen F. Austin

c)

The Texians and Sam Houston

d)

The Mexican Army and Antonio López de Santa Anna

7.

Who belongs in the graphic organizer above? (4.3C, 4.19C)

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Stephen F. Austin

c)

Mirabeau Lamar

d)

José Antonio Navarro

8.

What is NOT a quality or act of a good leader?  (4.16B)

a)

Reading a lot

b)

Forcing events to happen

c)

Writing a lot

d)

Listening to people’s needs

9.

Which is NOT related to Sam Houston? (4.3C, 4.15D)

a)

He was the 1st and 3rd president of Texas.

b)

He made peace treaties with Native Tribal leaders.

c)

He reduced Texas government spending.

d)

He formed the Texas Rangers to protect settlers.

10.

How did the land in Texas help the Texas government the 

  most?  (4.3D)

a)

It recovered quickly from the Texas Revolution.

b)

They used it to pay a lot of their debts to people.

c)

The Runaway Scrape left a lot of empty buildings.

d)

There was plenty for government cattle to graze on.

11.

What was NOT a job of the Texas Rangers? (4.3D)

a)

surveying land in Texas

b)

protecting the settlers of Texas

c)

prospecting in the mines of Texas

d)

escorting settlers during the Runaway Scrape

12.

What is a quality of leadership by José Antonio Navarro?   

       (4.16B)

a)

He learned multiple languages and gave many 

speeches.

b)

He refused to give up and worked for what he believed 

in.

c)

He spent years learning about government from George 

Washington.

d)

He gave speeches and wrote letters.

13.

What was set as the border between Mexico and Texas? (4.3E)

a)

Red River

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Nueces River

d)

Colorado River

14.

Why were some U.S citizens against the annexation of Texas?  (4.3E, 4.19C)

a)

Texas was not a slave state

b)

Most Texans spoke German

c)

Texas was a slave state

d)

Texas was too far from the nation's capital

15.

Who is being described in the graph above?  (4.3E, 4.19B)

a)

Reasons for leaving Texas and immigrating to the U.S.

b)

Reasons people in Germany wanted to immigrate to Texas

c)

Reasons the Mexican government wanted Texas as a state

d)

Reasons most Texans wanted to annex to the United States

16.

What is being described in the graph above?  (4.3E, 4.19B)

a)

The Constitution of 1845

b)

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

c)

The Mexican Declaration of War

d)

The Treaty of Velasco

17.

Which Texas president gave speeches and worked for Texas’ annexation?  (4.15D)

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

José Antonio Navarro

18.

Who was the first governor of the state of Texas?  (4.16A)

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Stephen Fuller Austin

c)

James Pinckney Henderson

d)

Anson Jones

19.

What is being described in the graphic organizer above? (4.11C, 4.19B)

a)

activities of settlers that met their social/emotional needs

b)

activities of settlers that met their physical needs

c)

activities of settlers that started new dances

d)

activities of settlers that started new cultures

20.

Which economic activity grew fastest in Texas due to the immigration of the 1800s?  (4.11C)

a)

ranchero

b)

goat herding

c)

trading posts

d)

agriculture

21.

Which group dealt with these problems in Texas during the 

early 1800s? (4.11C, 4.19B)

a)

German immigrants

b)

Native Americans

c)

Irish immigrants

d)

Texas Congress

22.

Why did German towns like New Braunfels develop in  

      Texas? (4.11C)

a)

Texas decided where immigrants lived and put people 

from certain places together.

b)

Germany bought land in Texas and sold it to citizens so 

they would leave their nation due to overpopulation.

c)

Immigrants of the same culture tended to live near 

each other.

d)

Texas Rangers told settlers where to live so they could

protect them.

23.

Which statement below is not related to Quanah Parker? (4.3D)

a)

Son of Cynthia Ann Parker

b)

Grandson of Daniel Boone

c)

Last Comanche Chief

d)

Became a successful businessman