1) All of the following were sources of friction with Mexico EXCEPT :

a) Mier Expedition
b) Manifest Destiny
c) “Regulators” and “Moderators” Feud
d) Treaties of Velasco

Hint: pages 107-113

2) The newly-created nation of Texas experienced all of the following EXCEPT :

a) devastation of settlements by Plains Indians
b) major budget reductions in defense
c) encouragement of immigration to raise revenue
d) stabilization of the public debt due to President Houston’s austerity

Hint: pages 87 - 91

3) The Republic of Texas used all of the following to encourage the settlement of Texas EXCEPT:

a) sale of large headrights to speculators who then sold the land at discount prices
b) land to reward veterans of the Texas Revolution
c) entitlements as large as 640 acres of land to heads of families
d) offers of free land

 Hint: pages 90-91

4) The Constitution of 1836 stipulated that chief executives of the republic were to serve three-year terms; the first president’s initial term

a) was a four-year term.
b) was limited to two years.
c) was a five-year term.
d) was limited to one year.

Hint: page 91

5) The most substantial reasons for the rapid population growth of the late 1830s and 1840s were all of the following EXCEPT :

a) natural reproduction increases.
b) Lamar’s new empresario system.
c) the renewed flow of immigration.
d) the lure of boundless opportunities in Texas as a land of promise as European immigrants fueled an already culturally diversified republic.

Hint: page 93-94

6) In the aftermath of Santa Anna’s defeat at San Jacinto, Texas

a) found itself without recognition of independence from Mexico, lacking credibility, and seen only as a disobedient province within a lawful nation.
b) proceeded in seeking financial aid from other countries, selling land and legislating its own affairs.
c) was eagerly enticed into seeking annexation to the U. S. by President Andrew Jackson.
d) raised sufficient monies to pay its bureaucrats, elected officials and its army by imposing taxes on imports, property and livestock.

Hint: page 91

7) The best definition of retrenchment is found in the following sentence:

a) “The country seemed to be on the verge of a complete financial collapse.”
b) “Deciding to recapture the office he had yielded by law in December 1838, he publicly attacked Lamar for the woeful economic standing of the nation.”
c) “The issues, however, became subordinated to vicious negative campaigning, as both sides stooped to gossip, charges of scandal, and
invective.”
d) “Congress terminated dozens of offices, lowered the salaries of public officials, and reduced the republic’s military forces to a few companies of Rangers.”

Hint: page 93

8) The following are associated with the Lamar administration EXCEPT:

a) navy buildup and a new currency.
b) groundwork for a system of public education in Texas.
c) frugal expenditures by not increasing the bureaucracy.
d) a visionary (or foolish) plan to build Texas into an empire.

Hint: page 91-93

9) Which statement about the city of Houston is NOT correct?

a) Houston was planned by two brothers, Augustus C. and John K. Allen.
b) Houston was established on the confluence of the Brazos and Trinity Rivers.
c) Houston was the first seat of government officially declared after 1836.
d) Houston evolved into a commercial distribution center.

Hint: page 95-96

10) Houston, Galveston and Austin differed from San Antonio and Laredo in that

a) population growth by the 1840s was most noticeable in the first three
cities mentioned.
b) the first three cities faced periodic occupations by Mexican armies.
c) the first three cities were more isolated due to their individual locations.
d) the first three cities were primarily Anglo American enterprises.

Hint: pages 95 - 96