Reading Quiz: Texas(mostly)

Americans moved into Texas

• when invited by the Spanish government

• after an agreement between Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin

• after the Battle of San Jacinto

• After Ms. Guerra's great grandmother allowed them to

The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except

• slavery

• immigration

• allegiance to Spain

• local rights

• Santa Anna raising an army to use against Texas

Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of

• Santa Anna

• Goliad

• the Alamo

• San Jacinto

Texas gained its independence with

• help from Britain

• no outside assistance

• help from Americans

• help from the French

President Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because

• Texans did not want to be annexed to the U.S.

• antislavery groups in the U.S. opposed the expansion slavery

• they feared war with Mexico's ally Spain

• the public opinion in the U.S. opposed annexation

Most of early American settlers in Texas came from

• New England

• the South and Southwest

• the Old Northwest

• the Ohio Territory

The "nullification crisis" of 1832-1833 erupted over

• banking policy

• internal improvements

• tariff policy

• Indian policy

The purpose behind the spoils system was

• to press those with experience into governmental service

• to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business

• to reward political supporters with public office