4th Six Weeks - Mid-term Assessment Questions

1. Which city served as the first capitol of the Republic of Texas?

 A. Galveston                     B. Houston                          C. Austin              D. Amarillo

2. Due to the decision of the United States government in 1849, regarding Texas boundaries, what did Texas share in an equal split with the state of Louisiana?

 A. money in the Texas treasury                                 C. Sabine Lake

 B. land on the coast of Texas                                     D. the Gulf of Mexico

3. Texas became a state in the Union on December 29, 1845. Why did many Southerners want to split Texas into a group of smaller states?

 A. They felt Texas was too large to settle.

 B. They were afraid that Texas would have more power.

 C. They wanted slave states to have more votes in Congress.

 D. They wanted more states in the Union

4. In which era did Texas experience great improvements in transportation?

 A. 1821–1836                                     C. 1845–1846

 B. 1836–1845                                     D. 1900–1950

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US annexation of  Texas                     Boundary Disputes                   Refusal to Negotiate

The information listed describes causes of which conflict? 

A. Texas Revolution                                                 C. Civil War

B. Mexican-American War                                       D. Battle of Palo Duro Canyon

6. In 1839, two companies of American Indian Texas Rangers fought the Comanche Nation on behalf of the Republic of Texas. Both Hispanic and Indian Texans served as Texas Rangers, fighting against Mexico, border guerillas and hostile Native American tribes.

However, in July of 1839, Mirabeau Lamar, then President of the Republic of Texas, ignored the service of friendly native Americans, and vowed to rid Texas of Indians. Opting to begin with a tribe that would become famous for its forced walk of displacement in another location, he then initiated a campaign to forcibly remove the—

A. Cherokee                                       C. Comanche

B. Apache                                            D. Navajo

7. In which era did Sam Houston lead Texas troops?

A. American Revolution                                                                C. Mexican-American War

B. Texas Revolution                                                        D. World War I

8. In which time period did Texas govern itself?

A. 1821–1836                                     C. 1845–1846

B. 1836–1845                                      D. 1874–1900

9. Whose point of view is expressed in this quote during the Mexican-American War in 1846?

 A. Texas settler                                                            C. Sam Houston

 B. U.S. government official                                         D. Mexican government official

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 Texas is the only state to enter the Union by what means?

 A. territorial annexation                                                 C. treaty

 B. defeat in battle                                                           D. purchase

11. In September of 1842, a Mexican force led by General Adrian Woll occupied San Antonio and declared Texas reconquered by Mexico.

The man pictured above led a combined force of 600 Texas Rangers, made up of volunteers and soldiers that fought the Mexican army and forced Woll’s return to Mexico. Who was this man?

A. Captain Jack Hays

B. Captaub “Black” Adam Zumwalt

C. Colonel Matthew Caldwell

D. Stephen F. Austin

12. In which era did women, minority groups and immigrants enrich Texas?

A. during exploration                                          C.  1874–1900

B. 1821–1836                                                      D. 1950–present

13. As President of the new Republic of Texas, Sam Houston worked for a peaceful resolution with Native Americans over land issues. How did Houston’s successor, Mirabeau B. Lamar, deal with tribes in Texas?

 A. A peace treaty was made, giving land to all tribes.

 B. Native American tribes were moved to reservations.

 C. Lamar ordered an attack and forced Indians to move from lands they had settled.

 D. Lamar asked the United States to send troops to northeastern Texas.

  

14. The Mexican-American War lasted roughly from 1846 to 1848. As a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States acquired land that would become Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, California, Nevada, and Colorado. It also acquired land in Texas, as the Mexican government—

 A. finally recognized the Rio Grande as the Texas-Mexico border

 B. ceded 150 square miles of land in the south of Texas to the United States

 C. recalled 2,000 of its troops from Texas and destroyed all traces of its settlements there

 D. pulled back its boundary with Texas all the way to Chihuahua

15. When Lamar left office the Republic of Texas was even more in debt which led Houston once again to seek

A. a loan from the US                                              C.  annexation to US

B. sell land to Mexico to raise money                      D. seek to become part of Mexico again

16. Using the above map label the following cities and rivers.

A. Where was the capital of the Republic after Lamar became president?

B. Name the River which Mexico believed was the border of Texas.

C. Name the three major rivers that were part of Texas.

D. Name the region which had the largest population in the Republic of Texas.