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Which event occurred on April 21, 1836?
a) Council House Fight
b) Annexation of Texas
c) Battle of San Jacinto
d) Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Which famous Texan took a message to Sam Houston from the Alamo?
a) Jim Bowie
b) José Antonio Navarro
c) Juan Seguín
d) Lorenzo de Zavala
The Battle of San Jacinto is commemorated by Texans because it resulted in the —
a) loss of Goliad
b) surrender of Santa Anna
c) death of William B. Travis
d) defeat of Sam Houston’s troops
The main purpose of the Law of April 6, 1830 was to —
a) block Mexicans from settling in Texas
b) end the trade between Texas and Mexico
c) prevent Texas from declaring independence
d) stop immigration from the United States to Texas
Which Texas leader surrendered and was executed along with his soldiers at Goliad?
a) Lorenzo de Zavala
b) James Fannin
c) Sam Houston
d) William Travis
What was the name of the land the U.S. received after the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?T
a) Texas
b) Oregon
c) Mexican Cession
d) New Mexico
Who served as President of the Republic of Texas following Sam Houston's first term?
a) Stephen F. Austin
b) Anson Jones
c) Mirabeau Lamar
d) James K. Polk
Why is 1845 significant in Texas history?
a) Texas forces won the Battle of the Alamo ending the war with Mexico.
b) Sam Houston was elected President of the Republic.
c) Texas was annexed by the United States.
d) The Spanish government gave up all rights to Texas.
A major focus of Houston’s administration in the newly formed Republic of Texas was —
a) writing a constitution for Texas
b) planning annexation by the United States
c) paying debts from fighting the revolution
d) resettling Texans away from the border with Mexico
Sam Houston opposed building a navy for Texas because he thought it would —
a) drain Texas’ finances
b) anger the United States
c) heighten tensions with Mexico
d) curb trade on the Caribbean Sea
The primary function of the Texas Rangers for the Republic of Texas was to —
a) built irrigation systems for Texas farmers
b) protect Texans from American Indian tribes
c) return fugitive enslaved people to Texas farms
d) establish a prison system for the Texas justice system
Which of the following motivated President Polk to favor admitting Texas into the Union?
a) His belief in Manifest Destiny
b) His goal of peace with foreign powers
c) His anger with the government of Mexico
d) His desire to limit the expansion of slavery
The Cordova Rebellion and the Council House fight are both examples of conflicts during the Lamar administration that involved —
a) Catholic priests
b) enslaved Texans
c) Tejano landowners
d) American Indian tribes
Anson Jones was a leader during the —
a) Battle of Gonzales
b) annexation of Texas
c) early settlement of Texas
d) signing of the Treaties of Velasco
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