TX History 4th 6 Weeks Common Assessment

Debt, Conflict with Native Americans, and Mexico refusing to recognize Texas as independent were reasons...

• Mirabeau Lamar solved the problem by expanding the Navy

• Sam Houston supported immediate annexation of Texas to US

• The Republic of Texas solved the problem by signing a treaty

• Houston encouraged more American immigration

What big issue would come about with the acquisition of the Mexican Cession territory in 1848?

• Manifest Destiny

• Presidential Eleactions

• How to pay Mexico for the Mexican Cession Territory

• Whether slavery would be permitted in the newly acquired territories

The 10th Amendment, tariffs, and slavery all contributed to start of the ________________?

• Mexican/American War

• Civil War

• Texas Revolution

• Texas Annexation

Tariffs contributed to _____________ further dividing the U.S.

• Indian Removal Act

• Compromise

• Sectionalism

• Texas Annexation

"The Union is worth more than Mr. Lincoln." -Sam Houston Address on Secession, 1860

• Sam Houston is for Texas Secession to preserve slavery

• Sam Houston is best friends with Lincoln

• Houston believes in preserving the Union amidst the division

• Houston wants equality for Native Americans

Southerners opposed tariffs because.....?

• Southerners were actually in favor of tariffs

• Southerners would have to pay a tax on imported goods

Why would Texas secede from the Union in 1861 even though Gov. Houston opposed it?

• Texas wanted to abolish slavery

• Texans opposed tariffs on imported slaves

• Texas being a large agricultural state relied largely on slave labor

• Governor Sam Houston wanted to protect slavery at all costs

Which Confederate General recaptured Galveston port from the Union?

• John Adams

• Jefferson Davis

• John Magruder

• Abe Lincoln

The U.S. defeats Mexico in the U.S./Mexican War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed....?

• The treaty abolishes slavery in Texas & the Mexican Cession

• Mexico accepted the Rio Grande River as its border and ended the conflict/dispute between Mexico and US about western territories.

Texas secedes from the Union and fights for the Confederacy in the Civil War for which issues?

• Abolition, debt, nationalism, relationship with Indians

• Slavery, State's Rights, Tariffs, and Sectionalism