3rd 9 Week Questions Jane Long Elementary
4th Grade
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Unit Name: Texas Gains Independence & Mexican American War
TEKS Obj: 3C- identify leaders important to the founding of Texas as a republic and
state, including José Antonio Navarro, Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Anson
Jones;
1. How did Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar’s goal for the Republic of Texas
differ?
Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar wanted Texas to remain a strong independent
nation.
Sam Houston wanted Texas to remain an independent nation, while Mirabeau Lamar
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wanted Texas to join the United States.
Sam Houston wanted Texas to join the United States, while Mirabeau Lamar
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wanted Texas to remain an independent nation.
Sam Houston wanted Texas to become part of Mexico again, but Mirabeau did not agree
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with Houston’s goal.
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Unit Name: Texas Gains Independence & Mexican American War
TEKS Obj:3C- identify leaders important to the founding of Texas as a republic and
state, including José Antonio Navarro, Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Anson
Jones;
2. Which of the following statements BEST describes Anson Jones?
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Anson Jones, the last president of Texas, worked to open trade between
Texas and Europe before agreeing for Texas to become a state.
Anson Jones was president of Texas when James K. Polk was elected president
of the United States.
Anson Jones, the first Texas president, did not think it was important to have
peace with Mexico.
Anson Jones did not want Texas to become a state, but the Texas Congress
disagreed with his idea.
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Unit Name: Civil War in Texas
TEKS Obj: 19A-identify the similarities and differences among various racial, ethnic,
and religious groups in Texas;
3. Many groups of people were affected by the Civil War. Below is a chart that
describes the different points of view had by some of those groups of people.
Groups of People Effect by the Civil War
Plains Indians
Secessionists
Freed Slaves
Abolitionists
Point of View Statements
“I must fight to protect my way of life. I
will not move to a reservation.”
“Abraham Lincoln is going to destroy our
way of life, by taking our right to have
slaves away.”
“If the South wins this war, we will be
returned to slavery. I will fight for our
freedom with the Union.”
“It is good that slavery was abolished, now
ever American is free.”
What can you conclude about the secessionists and the abolitionists?
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B
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Secessionists and abolitionists had a similar reaction to Abraham Lincoln’s
presidential election in 1860.
Secessionists decided to secede from, or leave, the Union because
abolitionists, like Abraham Lincoln, were going to threaten their way of
life.
Secessionists’ point of view differs greatly from the Plains Indians, freed slaves,
and abolitionists.
Secessionists agreed that slavery was not fair, and needed to be stopped, or
abolished.
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Unit Name: Civil War in Texas
TEKS Obj:19A- identify the similarities and differences among various racial, ethnic,
and religious groups in Texas;
4. Explain the relationship between the buffalo soldiers and the Plains Indians.
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The buffalo soldiers and the Native Americans protected each other because
both suffered before and during the Civil War.
Even though the buffalo soldiers were responsible for many Native
American deaths, the Plains Indians respected them for their fighting
spirit.
The buffalo soldiers and the Native Americans did not get along and had many
battles.
The buffalo soldiers were African Americans who fought against the Native
Americans in the Red River War.
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Unit Name: Changes in Texas at the Turn of the Century
TEKS Obj:4B- explain the growth, development, and impact of the cattle industry,
including contributions made by Charles Goodnight, Richard King, and Lizzie Johnson;
Timeline of “The Cattle Kingdom”
6. Railroads replaced cattle drives as a
faster and easier way to send longhorns
to market.
5. The period when cattle ranching was
the main business in South and West Tx
was known as the Cattle Kingdom.
4. Cattle drives began in Tx and ended at
cities with railroad stations.
3. Since millions of longhorns roamed Tx,
reach sold for only $6 to $10 in the state,
but a longhorn sold for up to $40 in
northern cities.
2. Texas settlers captured wild longhorns
and began ranching, mainly in dry
regions of South Tx.
1. The Spanish arrived in Tx, bringing
along cattle and keeping them in
small ranches or missions.
5. Use the timeline above to describe the impact railroads had on the cattle
industry?
If it wasn’t for the Spanish arriving in Texas with cattle, Texas would not have
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been known as the Cattle Kingdom.
Railroads ended the needs for cattle drives by making transporting
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cattle to the north quicker and easier.
Cattle Ranchers lost their jobs to the railroads, causing cattle ranching to end in
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Texas.
D Railroads destroyed the cattle industry in Texas.
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Unit Name: Changes in Texas at the Turn of the Century
TEKS Obj:9B- identify reasons why people have adapted to and modified their
environment in Texas, past and present, such as the use of natural resources to meet
basic needs, facilitate transportation, and enhance recreational activities; and
6. Read the information about the automotive industry in the textbox below.
Automobiles were first sold in the early 1900’s. Automobiles, or
cars, used gasoline, a fuel made from oil. As more people drove
cars, the need for gasoline and other oil products grew.
Which statement BEST describes how the automotive industry in the 1900’s impacted
Texas?
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Everybody in Texas moved to areas where oil could be found, in order to make
money quickly.
People moved to “boomtowns” in Texas to find work in the oil fields.
Most of the cars in the 1900’s were built in Texas because they used gasoline to
run.
Texas land owners and farmers sold and rented their land to oil
companies, for a lot of money. Texans without land to sell found good
jobs in the oil industry.