The Lone Star State Review

One reason the Whig Party was weak in Texas was because it opposed expanding immigration in the Western territories.

• True

• False

British leaders opposed Texas annexation because they thought they could obtain better trading terms with the Republic of Texas.

• True

• False

After the Mexican-American War, Mexican Texans faced discrimination while competing for land.

• True

• False

Sam Houston, in his first term as president of Texas, favored the idea that Texas should join the United States.

• True

• False

Land made available under the Texas Homestead Law influenced the growth of Texas’s population from 1850 to 1860.

• True

• False

Although many Mexican Texans faced discrimination, they maintained their Spanish language, Catholic religion, and Mexican traditions.

• True

• False

In antebellum Texas, free African Americans were encouraged to immigrate to the state.

• True

• False

Most European immigrants to Texas in the 1850s were Irish and Poles.

• True

• False

Which statement below describes the Gadsden Purchase?

• called for Texas to give up its claim to land in New Mexico for $10 million in 1850

• area of southern New Mexico and Arizona purchased by the United States from Mexico

• agreement that called for the United States to pay the Republic of Texas’ debts of $12 million

• peace agreement signed on February 2, 1848, after the U.S.–Mexican War

• area surrendered by Mexico after the U.S.–Mexican War

Which statement below describes the Mexican Cession?

• called for Texas to give up its claim to land in New Mexico for $10 million in 1850

• area of southern New Mexico and Arizona purchased by the United States from Mexico

• agreement that called for the United States to pay the Republic of Texas’ debts of $12 million

• peace agreement signed on February 2, 1848, after the Mexican-American War

• area surrendered by Mexico after the Mexican-American War