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WorksheetsRepublic of Texas and Early Statehood
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is Texas Annexation?
Texas becoming the 28th state of the United States.
Texas gaining independence from Mexico.
Texas being sold to the United States by France.
Texas joining the Confederacy during the Civil War.
What is considered the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
Colorado River
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande
Mississippi River
Why is the Mexican American War remembered in Mexico?
Mexico gained independence from the United States.
Mexico lost a great deal of land after the war.
The war led to a significant economic boost for Mexico.
Mexico successfully defended its territory against the U.S.
How did the establishment of the Republic of Texas bring civil, political and religious freedom to Texas?
Texans were allowed to elect representatives and Roman Catholicism was no longer the official state religion.
The Republic of Texas established a monarchy that limited freedoms.
All citizens were required to practice Protestantism.
The government imposed strict laws on personal freedoms.
What was Chapultepec Castle used for?
Training cadets about to enlist in the Mexican army.
A royal residence for the Mexican emperor.
A military prison for captured soldiers.
A museum of ancient artifacts.
What did these problems contribute to?
Threatened by Indians.
Suffered delays due to dwindling provisions.
Failure to locate a suitable route through an extremely rugged terrain.
Received a hostile reception upon entering the settlements of New Mexico.
The success of the Santa Fe Expedition.
The failure of the Santa Fe Expedition.
The establishment of trade routes in the Southwest.
The peaceful negotiation with Native American tribes.
What caused the boundaries of Texas to change?
Texas had to give up land to Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Texas exchanged land with the U.S. for the amount of $10,000,000 to pay its public debt as part of the Compromise of 1850.
Texas made land concessions to the U.S. in repayment for its help in the Texas Revolution.
Texas lost land as a part of negotiations between the U.S. and Mexico after the U.S. Mexican War.
Which is the best heading for the blank column?
Presidents of the U.S.
Governors of Mexico
Presidents of Texas
Governors of Texas
The following information listed describes which document?
Determined how states would be admitted into the union.
Texas gave up New Mexico.
Allowed California to become a state.
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was a direct result of the annexation of Texas?
American Revolution
U.S. Mexican War
Texas Revolution
Civil War
Which best completes the diagram?
The Treaties of Velasco return land to the Republic of Texas.
The Adams-Onis Treaty transfers Florida to the U.S.
The Oregon Treaty sets the U.S. and Canada.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gives land to the U.S.
When the Republic of Texas gave up its independence, how did it join the United States?
as a territory
as a state
as a sovereign nation
as a free trade zone
The following events occurred during which event?
Uprising in Nacogdoches area
Discovered when looking for stolen horse
Disobeyed President's order
the Cordova Rebellion
the Texas Revolution
the Mexican-American War
the Goliad Massacre
What does this quote reflect?
"At every hour of the day and night, my countrymen run to me for protection against assaults ... of these new settlers."
Juan Seguin
Mayor of San Antonio
The problems Tejanos experienced while remaining in Texas and continuing to influence the culture there.
The economic benefits brought by new settlers to Texas.
The political alliances formed between Tejanos and new settlers.
The cultural celebrations introduced by new settlers in Texas.
Why would President Polk lie about American soldiers being killed by Mexican soldiers on American ground?
He wanted to make it look like Mexico attacked the U.S.
He wanted to gain support for a war against Canada.
He was trying to protect American interests in Europe.
He wanted to distract from domestic issues.
Why was the Mexican-American War bad for Mexico?
Mexico gained new territories.
Mexico had to give up half of its territory.
Mexico became a more powerful nation.
Mexico improved its economy significantly.
After reading this quote, we know that Grant is:
In favor of the Mexican-American War.
Indifferent to the Mexican-American War.
Against the Mexican-American War.
Supportive of the Mexican-American War.
Based on the venn diagram, what name belongs in the blank box above?
Sam Houston
James Bowie
Stephen F. Austin
William B. Travis
What is the connection between the following names?
Independence
Brutus
Liberty
Invincible
Schooners that made up the First Texas Navy and sunk by the Mexican Navy by 1837.
Famous battleships used in World War II.
Names of famous American authors.
Types of historical documents related to independence movements.
Which Texas President was considered the father of education?
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
James K. Polk
Stephen F. Austin
