DOL 7.5A

What was the significance of the year 1845 in Texas History?

• The Texans lost the Battle of the Alamo

• Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas

• Texas was annexed by the United States

• The Spanish built the Mission San Antonio de Valero

Why would northern states in the US vote against annexation of Texas

• Expansion of Slavery

• threat of war with spain

• competition for the rail lines

• Battle of the Alamo

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

• Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it. 
• Most Texans did not own slaves so it did not have an influence. 
•  Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy. 
• Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade.

Which Governor was removed from office for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy?  

• Mirabeau Lamar
• Francis Lubbock
• Sam Houston
• John Bell Hood

Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in FAVOR of having Texas secede from the Union? 

• They were tired of paying high federal income tax. 
• They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be president. 
• They felt the United States gave states too many rights. 
• They believed citizens should be allowed to own slaves.

What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas? 

• peanuts
• sugar cane
• potatoes
• Cotton

Why did the southern states threaten to secede?

• They thought that Lincoln would end slavery. 
• Lincoln would never end slavery 
• They thought Lincoln would be a bad president 
• Lincoln wanted war with Mexico

What was one of the major economic differences between the North and the South before the Civil War?

• The South was much larger than the North and had more factories.
• Fewer southern farmers than northern farmers owned land. 
• The South produced a wider variety of products compared to the North. 
•  The economy of the South was dependent on slave labor.

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

• end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians

• encourage manufacturing in the west

• increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

• settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

What is popular sovereignty?

• Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide

• Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide