Question 1

In the Republic of Texas, plantations that grew cash crops, like cotton, relied on ______.

Accepted Answer

the unpaid labor of enslaved workers

Question 2

In the 1820s and 1830s, Anglo Americans from the southern U.S. migrated to Texas

Accepted Answer

to buy cheap land and grow cotton

Question 3

During Houston’s second administration, the Texas Congress and Sam Houston try to reduce the public debt by _____.

Accepted Answer

eliminating government jobs and suspending payments on the debt

Question 4

Mirabeau Lamar opposed Sam Houston's policy

Accepted Answer

for Texas to join the United States or be annexed.

Question 5

In 1844, U.S. James Polk's presidential election victory sped up _____.

Accepted Answer

annexation of Texas.

Question 6

Manifest Destiny was the belief _______.

Accepted Answer

The United States had the right to settle North America from coast to coast.

Question 7

Sam Houston sent Charles Sims to make peace with ______.

Accepted Answer

Native Americans.

Question 8

Mexico was concerned about Texas joining the United States because _____.

Accepted Answer

they did not want to lose disputed lands with Texas.

Question 9

One outcome of the U.S.-Mexican War was _______.

Accepted Answer

Mexico surrendered all disputed lands in Texas

Question 10

The main issue of disagreement between Mexico and the Republic of Texas was ______.

Accepted Answer

Mexico did not recognize the independence of Texas.

Question 11

President James Polk asked Congress to declare war against Mexico in 1846 because _____.

Accepted Answer

Mexico had shed American blood on American soil.

Question 12

Texas Congress supported Mirabeau Lamar’s goal of improving education by _____.

Accepted Answer

setting aside public land for public schools and two universities using Texas’ funds

Question 13

Before the U.S.-Mexican War, Texas and Mexico disagree about _____.

Accepted Answer

the land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande.

Question 14

The Meir Expedition resulted in ______.

Accepted Answer

Mexican troops defeated the Texans and 17 Texans were executed.

Question 15

Lamar's presidential campaign focused on

Accepted Answer

the failure of Houston’s peace policy to end attacks by Native Americans.

Question 16

The difference between the policies of Mirabeau Lamar and Sam Houston is

Accepted Answer

Houston wanted peaceful relations with both Native Americans and Mexico, Lamar did not.

Question 17

The goals of Mirabeau Lamar differ from the goals of Sam Houston, _____.

Accepted Answer

Lamar wanted Texas to remain independent from the United States, unlike Houston who wanted Texas to be annexed by the United States.

Question 18

When Houston tried to remove the government archives from the capital city of Austin ____.

Accepted Answer

the Citizens of Austin fired on the Texas Rangers in anger.

Question 19

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo settled ___.

Accepted Answer

the border dispute between the United States and Mexico at the Rio Grande.

Question 20

During early statehood, African Americans in Texas were ____.

Accepted Answer

the majority (most) of African Americans were enslaved.

Question 21

The Compromise of 1850 settled _____.

Accepted Answer

a boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico.

Question 22

During the Cherokee War, _____ was killed along with hundreds of tribe members.

Accepted Answer

Chief Bowles

Question 23

The power to create and change the government is given to the _____.

Accepted Answer

people or citizens.

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