Unit 6/Midterm Review

How did European immigrants change Texas

• Cultural conflicts

• Many new towns developed

• Schools started teaching multiple languages

• Spanish ranchers were displaced

What major event happened when Texas first became a state?

• Industrial growth

• Population expansion

• Civil war outbreak

• Preparation for world war

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

• He believed in Manifest Destiny

• He wanted peace with foreign powers

• He was angry with Mexico

• He wanted to limit the expansion of slavery

Why did most immigrants come to Texas in the mid-nineteenth century?

• the discovery of oil

• the stories about cowboys

• the availability of cheap land

• trying to escape religious persecution

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

• Catholic priests

• enslaved Texans

• Tejano landowners

• Native Americans

Which ethnic group settled across the largest area in Texas?

• Hispanics (Tejanos)

• Czech

• German

• African American

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

• the Rio Grande.

• even more unclear.

• the Nueces River.

• marked with a fence.

Who was the second President of Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau Lamar

• James K. Polk

Who was the first elected President of Texas?

• Sam Houston

• Stephen F. Austin

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Moses Austin

What did the Compromise of 1850 do for Texas?

• Many southerners moved to Texas

• It created new borders for Texas

• Texas was admitted to the United States union.

• Slavery expanded.