WorksheetsCBA 3 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1845 was significant to Texas history because
Texas was annexed by the United States that year
Mexico achieved its independence from Spain that year
Texas declared its independence from Mexico that year
Texas seceded from the United States that year
“I experience no difficulty in deciding a proper policy to be pursued against the [Indians]. It is to push a vigorous war against them ... without [mercy].”
Which president of the Republic of Texas spoke these words in 1838?
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Dr. Anson Jones
Sam Houston
Edwin W. Moore
Who is described by the information in the box?
Chief Philip Bowles
Mirabeau B. Lamar
William Goyens
Jose Antonio Navarro
What important issue did the Republic of Texas struggle with during Anson Jones’ time
as president?
Annexation by the U.S.
Paper currency losing its value
Convincing settlers to move to Texas
Economic competition with Mexico
This president of the Republic of Texas worried about the debt his country had built up, so he cut the size of the government as a way to save money. In addition, his history with Native Americans led him to believe that White settlers and Indians could live peacefully together on the same land. During his time in office, he sent soldiers to East Texas to stop the Regulator-Moderator War.
Which President of the Republic of Texas is described by the paragraph above?
Sam Houston
David G. Burnet
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Anson Jones
“The Republic of Texas set up a land grant policy modeled after the empresario system. Agents received land grants in return for bringing immigrants and establishing settlements in the Republic. The government’s land policy sparked an increase in immigration to Texas, and the population grew by leaps and bounds.” Texas History
The quote above explains which of the following phenomenons?
Why Europeans immigrated to Texas
How Austin became the capital of Texas
The differences between the two versions of the Treaty of Velasco
How long Texas spent as an independent country
Why was recognition of Texas’s independence by other countries so important to the government of the Republic of Texas?
Texans hoped that recognition by foreign countries would convince Mexico to
recognize the Republic as a country too.
Texans wanted to be annexed by the United States.
Texans wanted forgiveness for the debts and loans left over from the Revolution.
Texans wanted to attract settlers from other countries to settle in Texas.
According to the map, from which European country did the most Texas settlers come?
Germany
France
Sweden
Italy
Which of the choices below is a consequence of Texas’s inability to solve these problems as an independent republic?
Texans actively sought annexation by the United States.
The government of Texas tried to attract immigrants to settle the frontier.
President Mirabeau B. Lamar increased the size of the Texas navy and the Texas
army.
The Presidents of the Republic tried to get Mexico to sign a treaty of cooperation.
Which of the following answer choices best SUMMARIZES the viewpoints of citizens of the United States concerning the annexation of Texas?
Northern states opposed the annexation of Texas because Texans supported
slavery.
Northerners wanted to annex Texas since it had valuable agricultural resources.
Anti-slavery states wanted to annex Texas since it was a safe place for runaway
slaves to hide.
Anti-slavery states opposed the annexation of Texas because they feared war
with Mexico.
Which of the following answer choices was a direct cause of the U.S.-Mexican War?
There was a dispute over the location of the boundary between Texas and Mexico.
The Mexican government wanted control over the government of the Republic of Texas.
The Mexican government protested the treatment of Mexican citizens in Texas.
The Mexican government demanded the return of Texas to Mexico and accused the U.S. government of stealing Texas.
How did the American belief in “Manifest Destiny” contribute to the U.S.-Mexican War?
Many Americans wanted land in the west that belonged to Mexico in order to extend the U.S. all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Many southerners favored slavery, but Mexico was strongly opposed to it.
The U.S. and Mexico could not agree on the location of the border between
Texas and Mexico.
Northerners were firmly against adding another slave state to the Union.
Which of the following was part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexico accepted Texas as part of the U.S. and the Rio Grande as the border.
Texas was given $15 million by the U.S. government to pay for damage related to the U.S.-Mexican War.
The treaty abolished slavery in Texas and in Mexico.
Texas gave all its remaining public lands to the U.S. federal government.
After studying the map, which answer choice explains one reason why Texas pioneers in the 1840s and 1850s were unable to use rivers for transportation?
The rivers run toward the east and southeast, while settlers wanted to move
west.
The rivers were too fast and powerful for steamboats.
Texas has a lack of rivers.
The pioneers preferred travel by stagecoach and covered wagon because it was
much faster than traveling by ship.
Which individuals are described by this list?
The Texas Rangers
The U.S. army
The Texas army
The Mexican militia
“During the early statehood period, most Texans lived in rural areas. According to the 1850 census, only 5 percent of Texans lived in cities. Most of the remaining 95 percent lived and worked on farms or ranches.”
- Texas History
Which of the answer choices is best supported by the quote above?
During early statehood, the Texas economy was mainly agricultural, with mostly
small family farms and some larger plantations.
During early statehood, the Texas economy was based on manufacturing and
industry.
During early statehood, the Texas economy was dependent on the production of
oil and other petroleum products.
During early statehood, the Texas economy was diverse with jobs in industry,
agriculture, and oil production.
Which of the conclusions below can be correctly drawn by studying the timeline?
Anglo-American settlers in Texas wanted to take Cherokee lands.
Anglo-Texan settlers treated the Cherokee better than Mexico had done.
Farming conditions across the Red River were better than in Texas.
The Cherokee Indians were chiefly to blame for the “Cherokee War.”
“Johann Friedrich Ernst (1796-1848) purchased land in Austin’s colony and sent glowing letters about how wonderful Texas was back to his hometown in Germany. These letters were passed around and read by many German families.”
- Handbook of Texas
Thousands of German immigrants came to Texas in the 1840s and 1850s.
The German government forced its citizens to move to Texas.
American Indians welcomed German immigrants to Texas.
The U.S. government paid for other German immigrants to settle in Texas.
Why was transportation so difficult in Texas during the first few decades after its annexation by the U.S.?
Texas roads were poor and the rivers were too shallow to carry steamboats.
Most Texans could not afford to take steamboats or stagecoaches.
The stagecoaches of the time were too small to carry all the gear needed by
pioneers.
The U.S. army claimed most of the available horses in their effort to protect the
frontier from Indian attacks.
What population trend do you notice after studying the pie charts?
The percentage of the population made up of enslaved people increased over
time.
The percentage of the population made up of enslaved people decreased over
time.
More Texans began to disapprove of slavery.
More Texans began to support slavery.
