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Rules of the Game! • We will have two teams! • Team 1 will go first, then Team 2 • All answers to the questions will be given after each question • The team with the highest score wins the game! • Each Question will be worth 5 points • Points will be added at the end of the game to announce the winning team!

The Subject of Today’s Show is as follows: The Lone Star Republic

Attention Team 1 • Please get your team ready the round is about to start!

Question 1 • The Santa Fe Expedition endured all of these hardships EXCEPT: • Malaria • Heat • Native American attacks

Answer to Question 1 • Malaria

Question 2 Comanches, led by Buffalo Hump, attacked Anglo settlers to: • Prevent encroachment of white settlers on their lands • Bring about peace with Texas • Avenge the deaths during the Council House fight

Answer to Question 2 Avenge the deaths during the Council House fight

Question 3 President Lamar reversed President Houston’s policies towards Native Americans. True or False?

Answer to Question 3 TRUE

Question 4 President Houston did not run for a 2nd consecutive term because: • The constitution forbade it • He was a weak leader • Lamar was against him

Answer to Question 4 The constitution forbade it

Question 5 (last question for Team 1) Morfit’s report to U.S> President Jackson recommended: • Statehood for Texas • Delaying recognition of Texas • Texas annexation to the U.S.

Answer to Question 5 Delaying recognition of Texas

Attention Team 2 • Please get your team ready for the questions! • Lets go!

Question 1 Congress took all these steps to provide revenue for the republic EXCEPT: • Place a tax on personal income • Place tariff on goods imported to Texas • Impose property and business taxes

Answer to Question 1 Place a tax on personal income

Question 2 European countries wanted to limit the United States’ expansion. True or False?

Answer to Question 2 TRUE

Question 3 The Texas Navy aided rebels in Yucatan who were: • Invading the United States • Fighting for independence from Mexico • Traveling to California

Answer to Question 3 Fighting for independence from Mexico

Question 4 Who was the last President of Texas?

Answer to Question 4 Anson Jones

Question 5 (Last question for Team 2) At the end of Lamar’s term, the public debt was • $2.5 Million • $7 Million • $1.25 Million

Answer to Question 5 $7 Million

Back to Team 1!Question 1 The 1845 joint resolution pleased most Texans because it • Made Texas a U.S. state • Made Texas a U.S. territory • Took away Texas control over its public lands

Answer to Question 1 Made Texas a U.S. state

Question 2 All of the following were provision of the 1844 treaty EXCEPT: • The United States would pay all debts of the Republic of Texas • Texas would become a U.S. territory • Texas would become a U.S. state

Answer to Question 2 Texas would become a U.S. state (That didn’t happen until 1845!)

Question 3 A major reason for delaying Texas annexation was: • Mexico refused to recognize Texas independence • Texas had huge debts • Slavery had been abolished

Answer to Question 3 Mexico refused to recognize Texas independence

Question 4 As a result of the Archives War, • Many people fled San Antonio • The capital remained in Austin • Lamar was elected president

Answer to Question 4 The capital remained in Austin

Question 5 (Get ready, Team 2) The person who traveled to Great Britain and France to negotiate treaties was • Anson Jones • Sam Houston • J. Pinckney Henderson

Answer to Question 5 J. Pinckney Henderson

Team 2:Question 1 Expenditures are: • Money received • Money paid out • Taxes

Answer Question 1 Money paid out

Question 2 To stop raids by Native Americans, President Houston enlisted the help of the • Texas Rangers • Army • Spanish

Answer to Question 2 Texas Rangers

Question 3 Improving Education was an important goal for Texas president • Mirabeau Lamar • Sam Houston • Anson Jones

Answer to Question 3 Mirabeau Lamar

Question 4 The victory of James Polk as U.S. President in 1844 may have indicated that: • Texans were not interested in annexation • Most American favored the annexation of Texas • Only Great Britain stood in the way of Texas annexation

Answer to Question 4 Most American favored the annexation of Texas

Question 5 Manifest Destiny was the belief that: • The U.S. would expand from coast to coast • War with Mexico was inevitable • Slavery was a necessary evil

Answer to Question 5 The U.S. would expand from coast to coast

Bonus Round Question 1!! TEAM 1: Who was the woman kidnapped from Parker’s Fort in raids by the Comanches and Kiowas?

Answer to Bonus Round 1! Cynthia Ann Parker

Bonus Round Question 2!! TEAM 2: After the revolution, Texas claimed that its border with Mexico extended to what river?

Answer to Bonus Round 2 The Rio Grande River

Bonus Round Question 3!! Back to TEAM 1: Where was the capital of Texas under President Lamar?

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