Texas History - Unit 5 - Review Game 1 Question Preview (ID: 58168)
Early Statehood.
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Which of the following was president of the Convention of 1845?
a) Jose Antonio Navarro
b) Thomas J. Rusk
c) Hardin Runnels
d) John Tyler
Which of the following was a popular governor first elected in 1853, who was a leader in education and helped eliminate state debt?
a) Jane McManus Cazneau
b) James K. Polk
c) Elisha M. Pease
d) Adrian Woll
Which of the following was a U.S. president who was strongly favored?
a) John Tyler
b) Hugh McLeod
c) James Pinckney Henderson
d) James K. Polk
Which of the following is the belief that the United States was meant to spread across North America?
a) biennial
b) offensive
c) manifest destiny
d) joint resolution
Which of the following was a writer whose articles helped turn northern opinion in favor of annexation?
a) Jose Antonio Navarro
b) Jane McManus Cazneau
c) Adrian Woll
d) John Coffee Hays
Which of the following terms means occurring every two years?
a) triennial
b) biennial
c) biannual
d) semiannual
Which of the following was the first governor of the state of Texas?
a) Hardin Runnels
b) Hugh McLeod
c) John Tyler
d) James Pinckney Henderson
Which of the following was a candidate who defeated Sam Houston for governor in the only election Houston ever lost?
a) Hardin Runnels
b) Adrian Woll
c) Nicholas Trist
d) Robert S. Neighbors
Which of the following was US president who asked Congress in 1845 for a joint resolution in favor of annexing Texas?
a) Zachary Taylor
b) John Tyler
c) Santa Anna
d) William H. Wharton
Which of the following was the only native Texan in the Convention of 1845?
a) Adrian Woll
b) Jose Antonio Navarro
c) Santa Anna
d) Haden Edwards
In the United States, the fight over Texas annexation hinged on the issue of slavery.
a) true
b) false
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d)
In the United States, neither northerners nor southerners were eager to annex Texas.
a) true
b) false
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d)
Both annexation and manifest destiny were major issues in the U.S. election of 1844.
a) true
b) false
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d)
A joint resolution required a two-thirds majority in the Senate.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
The Convention of 1845 quickly approved annexation.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
The Constitution of Texas did not allow the creation of banks.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
In the Compromise of 1850, Texas gave up claims to millions of acres of land in what are now five other states in exchange for money to reduce its debts.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
By 1898 there were no unclaimed public lands left in Texas.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Under the Texas constitution of 1845, the legislature was to meet every two years.
a) true
b) false
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Texans approved the new constitution in a close vote in October 1845.
a) true
b) false
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