Week 8 Review Test - Texas History

Who would have said this?
"We must maintain peace with our Indian Neigbors?"

• Mirabeau Lamar
• Sam Houston
• Anson Jones

Who would have said this?
"In order for our empire to succeed, money must be spent on building a strong military."

• Jack Coffee Hays
• Sam Houston
• Anson Jones
• Mirabeau Lamar

Which president wanted to keep the capitol in Houston?  

• Anson Jones
• Mirabeau Lamar
• Sam Houston

Sam Houston was the first AND third president of which country?

• The United States of America

• The United Mexican States

• The Republic of Texas

• The Republic of the Rio Grande

How did Sam Houston try to solve the conflicts with Native Americans in Texas?

• Taking their lands

• Forcing them out of Texas

• Creating a Reservation

• Making a Peace Treaty

Sam Houston helped set up this organization to defend Texan settlers and patrol the borders of Texas

• Texas Rangers

• Texas Army

• Texas Navy

• Buffalo Soldiers

Texas became an independent republic in what year?

• 1894

• 1836

• 1886

• 1842

Why did Texas propose annexation to the Untied States?

• Texas was in debt and could not raise funds

• Texas was being attacked by Native Americans

• Mexico refused to recognize Texas as independent

• All of the Above

“The powers of this Government shall be divided into three departments, viz: Legislative,

Executive and Judicial, which shall remain forever separate and distinct.”

-Texas Constitution Article I. Section I.

The quote above best represents which principle?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Republicanism

I moved the capital of Texas to a more centrally located city and renamed that city after Stephen F. Austin. Who am I?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Sam Houston