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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the city of Houston became a dangerous place, Houston moved his family to which location?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Washington-on-the-Brazos.
(c) Galveston.
(d) Sante Fe.

2. Texas annexation was defeated in Congress in which year?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1842.

3. Who questioned Houston's loyalties?
(a) Austin.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Cherokee.

4. The Texas Congress voted to join which party?
(a) Guerillas.
(b) Confederacy.
(c) Separatists.
(d) Union.

5. Who served as Texas' minister to Washington?
(a) Smith.
(b) Tyler.
(c) Upshur.
(d) Van Zandt.

6. The Southerners stated that if the public elected a ____ as president, there would be war.
(a) Know-Nothing.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Whig.

7. The Texas Admission Act was passed in which year?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1848.

8. People tried to smuggle documents from Austin to Houston which created what was known as the _______ War.
(a) Office.
(b) Documents.
(c) Archives.
(d) Paperwork.

9. The group was opposed to which religion?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Protestant.

10. In what year did Andrew Jackson die?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1843.

11. When Houston returned to Texas he discovered that he had been elected to which of the following?
(a) Congress.
(b) Senate.
(c) Attorney General's office.
(d) Presidency.

12. Burnet signed ___ treaties with Santa Anna.
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

13. Which city did Houston to travel to in order to have an ankle operation?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Biloxi.

14. Houston was unforgiving because the man had wounded his _____.
(a) Honor.
(b) Family.
(c) Pride.
(d) Intellect.

15. Houston decided to play the U.S. against _____ in order to make both sides want to take over Texas.
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mexicans claimed that the true border between Texas and Mexico was the _______.

2. Who was elected president in 1860?

3. What word is used to describe Burnet's government at the time?

4. Despite Houston's disdain for the political party system, he was registered as a _____.

5. Which one of Houston's allies was elected as president after Houston's term ended?

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