Texas History 4th six weeks

The Homestead Act of 1839 solved what problem?

• Land Speculator buying land just to make a profit

• middle class landowners living in towns

• development of cities and trade with mexico

• immigrant families living on large plots of land

Texas in the Republic was very...

• small

• religious

• diverse

• wealthy

Slavery went from 5000 in 1836 to one and four families owning slaves at the time of the civil war. This led to...?

• the Texas constitution of 1836 discouraging slavery

• slavery allowing for prosperous development of agriculture in Texas

• many slaves took skilled worker jobs

• enslaved workers were paid less

The compromise of 1850 meant Texas gave up the areas it owned around New Mexico for 10 million dollars. Why did they do this?

• Mexico declared war on Texas

• Mexico sent troops to Texas

• Texas paid off its debts

• immigrants recieved land grants

President James K. Polk declared war on Mexico because of what happened after...

• the Texas constitution of 1836

• the annexation of Texas in 1845

• the union blockade

• the Gadsdon Purchase

The reason many southern states including Texas gave for seceding from the Union was...

• border disputes

• presidential abuse of power

• states' rights

• supporting tariffs

What is the day of commemoration for the freeing of the slaves in Texas (Galveston) called?

• Independence Day

• Freedom Day

• Juneteenth

• Texas Independence day

The Freedmen's Bureau helped freed slaves with...

• land grants

• jobs to anglo americans

• food, shelter, and medicine

• freedom from slavery

ammendment that freed the slaves

• 15th

• 16th

• 14th

• 13th

Ammendment that gave freed slaves rights previously taken

• 14th

• 13th

• 16th

• 15th