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Chapter 12 Review
The Republic of Texas
Where was the site designated as the capital of Texas for 3 years by the Congress
of 1836?
H-Town(Houston)
Where was the capital of Texas
moved to in 1839?
Austin
Manifest Destiny
expressed what belief?
the U.S. was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.
After the Texas Revolution,
what body of water did Texas
claim as its border with
Mexico?
Rio Grande
What town was the trading
center of the Upper Rio
Grande that Texas wished to
control?
Santa Fe,New Mexico
Who is known as the
“Father of Texas”?
Stephen F. Austin
Who is known as the “Father of Education in
Texas”?
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Who was the first President of the Republic
of Texas?
Sam Houston
Who was Cynthia Ann Parker?
•kidnapped from Parker’s fort by Comanches and Kiowas
•raised as a Comanche
•Married a Comanche chief
Who was the last President of the Republic of
Texas?
Anson Jones
Which city, established by the Allen brothers in
1836, was the capital of Texas
during Sam Houston’s first term as
President?
Augustus Allen
Houston, Houston, TexasTexas
According to the joint resolution that annexed
Texas, what can Texas do if it gets
approval from Texas and the United States?
Texas can be divided into as many as 5 different states.
Why did President
Houston not run for a 2nd
consecutive term as
president?
The Constitution of 1836 stated that the President could NOT serve consecutive
terms.
NO !
Name 2 reasons for the delaying
of Texas annexation.
•Texas would be a slave state, upsetting the balance of power in the U.S. Congress.
•It might cause a war with Mexico.
What did Lamar Lamar believe about the Cherokees who settled in
northeast Texas?
They had no fair claim to the Texas lands they occupied.
What did President Lamar
do about President Houston’s
policies toward Native
Americans?
He reversed them and ordered the
removal of Cherokees from Texas.
What was the result of the
Archives War?
The Archives and the capital
remained in Austin.
Name 4 results of the
Santa Fe Expedition.
•Resulted in the loss of many lives.
•Members of the expedition were captured & imprisoned in Mexico.
•Failed to take control of Santa Fe.
•Made Mexico very angry.
¡Caramba!
Describe how Presidents
Houston and Lamar tried to
solve the problem of
unrest among Native
Americans.
Houston tried to improve relations
between Texans and Cherokees.
Lamar reversed Houston’s policy and
ordered the removal of Cherokees
from Texas.
List the provisions of the 1845 joint
resolution.
•Texas became the 28th state in the U.S.
•Texas could bypass becoming a territory and immediately become a state.
•Texas could keep its public lands, but could sell some to pay its debts.
Which 2 Presidents of
Texas supported
annexation of Texas to the
United States?
Sam Houstonand
Anson Jones
Which President of Texas tried to
establish peaceful
relations with Native
Americans?
Sam Houston
Peace out.
Name the 3 elected
Presidents of the Republic of
Texas.
•Sam Houston
•Mirabeau Lamar
•Anson Jones
Name 3 reasons the U.S. was
slow to annex Texas
•Texas had slavery.
•Fear of war with Mexico.
•Texas had a large public debt.
Name 3 problems faced by the Republic
of Texas
•Conflicts with Mexico•Conflicts with Native Americans
•Huge public debt
What happened in the Council House Fight?
*Comanches only brought back one of their captives – Matilda Lockhart – who had been severely tortured.
*Texans captured the Comanche leaders, and a fight broke out in which some Texans and many Comanches were killed.
Who was the President of
Texas when it was annexed by the United
States?
Anson Jones
Who was the first governor of the state of
Texas?
J. Pinckney Henderson
Texas became the ___ state
when it joined the U.S.
28th