Republic of Texas, Annexation, Civil War Test

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Which of the following identifies a policy of Lamar during his term as president of the Republic of Texas?

• He supported annexation.
• He decreased government spending.
• He established an educational system.
• He attempted to assimilate Texas Indians.

The president of the United States during the civil war.

• James K. Polk
• Sam Houston
• Anson Jones
• Abraham Lincoln

The U.S. invaded Mexico to claim the Rio Grande as the border of Texas. This was the start of the ________.

• Mexican American War
• Civil War
• Texas Revolution
• World War I

What persuaded Texas to support the Confederate States of America?

• Texas agreed with the south's view on slavery and state's rights
• Texans supported the views of the abolitionist in the South.
• Texans wished to regain land lost in the Mexican War.
• Texans wanted to help preserve the Union.

General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at_____.

• Washington D.C.
• the Mississippi River
• the Appomattox Court House
• Gettysburg

The year 1845 is significant to Texas because_______.

• the Texans defeated Santa Anna
• Texas was annexed into the United States
• the Republic of Texas was formed
• they won the Mexican American war

The Emancipation Proclamation was the law created by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.

• True
• False