History quiz 18

True or False: Stephen Austin was elected to be the first president of the Republic of Texas?

False: Sam Houston

Who was the Methodist missionary that preached his first sermon in Oregon at Fort Vancouver?

Jason Lee

The British and Americans settled a boundary where?

forty-ninth parallel

The people of Texas expressed through what that they wanted to be a part of the United States?

plebiscite

The Texas War for Independence ended where?

Battle of San Jacinto

Where was the Great Migration headed?

Oregon

When was Texas annexed into the US?

1845

Who was the first governor of Texas?

Sam Houston

What Christian frontiersman discovered the south pass?

Jedediah Smith

Why did Americans want to annex Texas?

to balance political power

Who was the whig nominee in 1844?

Henry Clay

Who was mercilessly killed in the Alamo?

Davy Crockett

Who was the democratic nominee of 1844?

James K Polk