2nd 9 Weeks Test Review
Chapter 11 (pages 238-255):
1. What is a joint resolution? ___________________________________________
2. Who was the third person to become president of the Republic of Texas?
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3. What is archives? ___________________________________________________
4. What was the result of the Archives War? _______________________________
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5. What happened to the members of the Mier expedition after they were
recaptured? _______________________________________________________
6. What problem did the new republic of Texas have with Mexico?
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7. During the first presidential election of Texas, a majority of voters casted their
votes for what? ____________________________________________________
8. How was Mirabeau B. Lamar and Sam Houston different in their approach on
handling the Republic of Texas? _______________________________________
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9. For what is Lamar’s presidency best known for? __________________________
10. Why was the first attempt to annex Texas blocked? ______________________
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11. What did Sam Houston do differently during his second term as President of
the Republic of Texas? _____________________________________________
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12. What prevented Sam Houston from running for a second term immediately
after his first? ____________________________________________________
13. What happened to the redback during Lamar’s term as president?
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14. How did the Texas government attract settlers to the new nation?
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15. What were Lamar’s views on Native Texans? ___________________________
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Chapter 12 (pages 264-280):
1. What was the next step for Texas after it was admitted into the United States?
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2. What are the different branches (positions) that run the state of Texas?
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3. Why did Mexico refuse to accept the Treaty of Velasco? ___________________
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4. After the United States’ annexation of Texas and Mexico’s threat of War, what
happened next? ___________________________________________________
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5. Describe the terms of the Compromise of 1850. __________________________
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6. If Texas had been able to secure all the territory that it had claimed for itself,
which city would have been within the borders of Texas? ___________________
7. Why did the United States declare war on Mexico in 1846? _________________
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8. What was President Zachary Taylor’s position on admitting California to the
United States? ____________________________________________________
9. What were the terms of the Texas and New Mexico Act? __________________
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Chapter 13 (pages 286-298):
1. What happened at the beginning of the famine in Ireland? _________________
2. What was the common food crops in Texas? _____________________________
3. What did Governor Elisha M. Pease promote during his term? _______________
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4. What was needed in Texas to help the cotton fields be successful?
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5. What is the “wedges of separation” that divided the North and the South?
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6. Why is William Goyens a significant figure in Texas history?
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**Test on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014**