6.1-6.2 Republic of Texas and Annexation

Question 1

What was the U.S. desire to control all the the land from Pacific to Atlantic Oceans?

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 2

Who was Anti- Annexation:

Accepted Answer

Lamar

Question 3

Who lead the Texas Rangers in protecting settlers in West Texas?

Accepted Answer

John "Jack" Coffee Hays

Question 4

An advocate for Tejano rights who served two terms in the Texas Congress:

Accepted Answer

José Antonio Navarro

Question 5

Who was Pro-Annexation:

Accepted Answer

Houston

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT a major issue during Houston's first term?

Accepted Answer

The Failed Santa Fe Expedition

Question 7

What is defined as being unable to pay your debts?

Accepted Answer

Bankrupt

Question 8

Who was the third president of Texas?

Accepted Answer

Houston

Question 9

What is defined as a journey taken for a specific purpose?

Accepted Answer

Expedition

Question 10

Who was the first president of Texas?

Accepted Answer

Houston

Question 11

Which country encouraged Mexico to make a treaty with Texas before they were annexed?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 12

Which of the following tribes continued to raid the frontier despite trading posts and treaties

Accepted Answer

Comanche

Question 13

What did Texans want to happen after gaining independence?

Accepted Answer

To be quickly annexed by the U.S.

Question 14

Who disbanded the military and replaced them with the Texas Rangers?

Accepted Answer

Houston

Question 15

Which group supported annexation because they wanted the expansion of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Southerners and Democrats

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT a major issue during Lamar's term?

Accepted Answer

Amending the Texas Constitution

Question 17

Who replaced the military after it was disbanded by Houston?

Accepted Answer

Texas Rangers

Question 18

Leader of the Cherokee tribe in Texas:

Accepted Answer

Chief Bowls

Question 19

Match the country with the river they thought was the Texas border:

Accepted Answer

Texas = Rio Grande; Mexico = Nueces

Question 20

Texas was annexed and became the _________ state!

Accepted Answer

28th

Question 21

Which path did the Texas Congress choose?

Accepted Answer

The Joint Resolution with the U.S.

Question 22

Who was the second president of Texas?

Accepted Answer

Lamar

Question 23

What is defined as when a country/territory joins with another?

Accepted Answer

Annexation

Question 24

The Native American group who claimed the Great Plains and adopted captives into their culture:

Accepted Answer

Comanches

Question 25

A free black man in the time of slavery that was very successful in business:

Accepted Answer

William Goyens

Question 26

Who worked with the Cherokees and Hispanics in Texas to attempt to return Texas back to Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Vincente Cordova

Question 27

Kept diaries that documented pioneer experiences on from the Republic Era to the Civil War:

Accepted Answer

Mary Maverick

Question 28

Which group opposed annexation because the were against expanding slavery & paying Texas' debt?

Accepted Answer

Northerners

Question 29

Who told the Texas Rangers to exterminate the Cherokees in Texas?

Accepted Answer

Lamar

Question 30

Who was the fourth president of Texas?

Accepted Answer

Jones

Question 31

What Edwin Moore is credited with overseeing:

Accepted Answer

Expanding Texas' Navy

Question 32

When Lamar claimed a lucrative trade route but his men were captured by New Mexicans:

Accepted Answer

Failed Santa Fe Expedition

Question 33

When Texans killed 35 Comanches because they believed they had not released all white prisoners

Accepted Answer

Council House Fight

Question 34

Why did the U.S. originally refuse to annex Texas?

Accepted Answer

Texas' constitution denied congress the power to free slaves

Question 35

What is defined as a person from Texas who has Hispanic heritage?

Accepted Answer

Tejano

Question 36

A defining characteristic of the Republic Era was:

Accepted Answer

expansion of religious freedom under the 1836 Constitution

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