Texas Republic

The LAST president of the Republic of Texas was

• Sam Houston           
• Anson Jones       
• Mirabeau Lamar     
• George W. Bush

The person who is known as the “Father of Texas Education” is

• Sam Houston
• Anson Jones
• Mirabeau Lamar
• George W. Bush

The president who had the best relationship with Texas Indians was

• Lamar
• Houston
• Jones
• Bush

The Texas presidents could not serve consecutive terms.

• True
• False

The largest common problem faced by all presidents of Texas was

• threat of invasion from the U.S.
• relations with Britain . 
• the growing debt.
• famine and hunger.

The U.S. feared war with Mexico if it annexed Texas?

• True
• False

Mexico still presented a problem to Texas because

• Texas could not trade with them.
• the Texans could not speak their language.
• very few Texans were Catholic.   
• Mexico didn’t recognize Texas independence.

The first country to recognize Texas’ independence was

• France
• Mexico
• Great Britain
• United States.

In an effort to ease the financial crisis in Texas Lamar had additional paper money printed & issued.  What   was the effect of his actions?

• The value of Republic of Texas money increased.
• The value of Republic of Texas money  decreased.             
• Texas became faced with a major paper shortage.             
• The debt began to decrease

Lamar’s biggest accomplishment involved

• education
• Native American policy
• annexation 
• relations with Mexico.