Republic Of Texas
- 1.
Who was the first and third president of Texas?
- A.
Sam Houston
- B.
Mira Lamar
- C.
Stephen F. Austin
- D.
Anson Jones
Correct Answer
A. Sam Houston -
- 2.
He tried to limit the amount of money that Texas was spending, and he also asked congress to approve 600,000 dollars worth of promissory notes.
- A.
Sam Houston
- B.
Mira Lamar
- C.
Stephen F. Austin
- D.
Anson Jones
Correct Answer
A. Sam Houston -
- 3.
During Sam Houstons first term as president, the Capital of the Republic of Texas was moved from Columbia to what newly built city?
- A.
Austin
- B.
Dallas
- C.
Houston
- D.
Galveston
Correct Answer
C. Houston -
- 4.
He is known as the "Father of Education" in Texas. He also believed that Texas should not try to be annexed into the USA. He believed that Texas should spend money in the short term, in order to grow its economy and tax base. He felt that by doing this Texas would someday be able to expand, and be as powerful as the United States. He was also the 2nd president of Texas
- A.
Sam Houston
- B.
Mira Lamar
- C.
Stephen F. Austin
- D.
Anson Jones
Correct Answer
B. Mira Lamar -
- 5.
Why did the first attempt by Texas to jion the USA fail?
- A.
It would have been too expensive.
- B.
Texans did not want to join the USA.
- C.
Texas would have entered the Union as a slave state, and the United states did not want to upset the balance between slave and non slave states.
- D.
Mexico threatened to attack the USA if they annexed Texas.
Correct Answer
C. Texas would have entered the Union as a slave state, and the United states did not want to upset the balance between slave and non slave states. -
- 6.
In 1839 Congress authorized a new location for the capital. It was located along the Colorado River near a small community named Waterloo. Who moved the capital to this site, which was named Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin?
- A.
Sam Houston
- B.
Mira Lamar
- C.
Stephen F. Austin
- D.
Anson Jones
Correct Answer
B. Mira Lamar -
- 7.
He was in favor of moving the Native Texans off of their land.
- A.
Sam Houston
- B.
Mira Lamar
- C.
Stephen F. Austin
- D.
Anson Jones
Correct Answer
B. Mira Lamar -
- 8.
He wanted to Honor the deal with the Native Americans, and encouraged everyone to live peacefully together with the Native Americans.
- A.
Sam Houston
- B.
Mira Lamar
- C.
Stephen F. Austin
- D.
Anson Jones
Correct Answer
A. Sam Houston -
- 9.
He was not afraid to increase tensions with Mexico in an attempt to grow Texas.
- A.
Sam Houston
- B.
Mira Lamar
- C.
Stephen F. Austin
- D.
Anson Jones
Correct Answer
B. Mira Lamar -
- 10.
He wanted to ease the Tensions between Texas and Mexico and attempt to negotiate a peace treaty between the two countries.
- A.
Sam Houston
- B.
Mira Lamar
- C.
Stephen F. Austin
- D.
Anson Jones
Correct Answer
A. Sam Houston -
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