Unit 6/Midterm Review

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How did European immigrants change Texas?

Back

Many new towns developed.

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What major event happened when Texas first became a state?

Back

Population expansion

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Why did President Polk want Texas to be part of the United States?

Back

He believed in Manifest Destiny

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Why did most immigrants come to Texas in the mid-nineteenth century? Options: the discovery of oil, the stories about cowboys, the availability of cheap land, trying to escape religious persecution

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the availability of cheap land

Front

The Cordova Rebellion and the Council House fight were both conflicts with

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Native Americans

Front

Which ethnic group settled across the largest area in Texas?

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Hispanics (Tejanos)

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The end of the US-Mexican War made the southern border of Texas

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the Rio Grande.

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Who was the second President of Texas?

Back

Mirabeau Lamar

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Who was the first elected President of Texas?

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Sam Houston

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What did the Compromise of 1850 do for Texas?

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It created new borders for Texas.