View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who served as Houston's mentor in law?
(a) Trimble.
(b) Thompson.
(c) Trundle.
(d) Turnbull.

2. Who was the governor of Texas during this time period?
(a) Austin.
(b) Smith.
(c) Houston.
(d) Bowie.

3. What important position was held by John Calhoun?
(a) Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(b) Secretary of War.
(c) Speaker of the House.
(d) Vice President.

4. Which Revolution took place in Texas in 1826?
(a) Austin.
(b) Colonization.
(c) Fredonian.
(d) Houston.

5. What was the name of Houston's young wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Anne.
(c) Susan.
(d) Eliza.

6. What item did Houston begin to carry with him in town?
(a) Bow and arrow.
(b) Dueling pistol.
(c) Hickory cane.
(d) Bayonet.

7. What was the name of the town created by Stephen Austin?
(a) San Marco de Austin.
(b) Alamo de Austin.
(c) San Felipe de Austin.
(d) Santa Anna de Austin.

8. Who did Houston meet in this new town?
(a) Santa Anna.
(b) Prentiss.
(c) Bowie.
(d) Bradburn.

9. Houston rode to ____ to attempt to head off and halt the expedition team.
(a) Refugio.
(b) Sunshine Hill.
(c) Indianola.
(d) Bucksnort.

10. What was the name of the plantation owned by the grandfather?
(a) Mountain Pass.
(b) Timber Ridge.
(c) River Valley.
(d) Tumbler Hill.

11. What subject did Houston want to study at a "proper" academy?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Engineering.
(c) English.
(d) Medicine.

12. What word is used to mean incompetence?
(a) Instability.
(b) Ineptitude.
(c) Disorganization.
(d) Feeble-minded.

13. Sam Houston became friends with _____, a future president.
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

14. Houston was forced to relocate to which area?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Washington-on-the-Brazos.
(c) Rio Grande.
(d) Neosho.

15. Which country owned Mexico in the 1820s?
(a) U.S.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Spain.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major event happened to the father in 1806?

2. Who was the representative of the "Peace Party?"

3. What was the surname of the brothers responsible for declaring Texas as its own sovereign nation?

4. Who was elected to be president amidst a deadlock in the House?

5. Houston set up headquarters in what area?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 320 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample