Spring Semester Final Review

• The nation needed more land for its rapidly growing population

• Americans could bring economic growth and democracy to places they had never existed before

• American territorial expansion was blessed by God because it was morally right

The above three statements are the basis for the belief in

• The reservation system.

• The Texas Rangers.

• The Mexican War.

• Manifest Destiny

Which list of eras in Texas history is in the correct chronological order?

• Early Statehood, Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction, Civil Rights and Conservatism, Texas in the Great Depression and World War II

• Civil Rights and Conservatism, Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction, Early Statehood, Texas in the Great Depression and World War II

• Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction, Civil Rights and Conservatism, Early Statehood, Texas in the Great Depression and World War II

• Early Statehood, Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction, Texas in the Great Depression and World War II, Civil Rights and Conservatism

Which statement best describes how immigration from the Southern states affected Texas’ population during the mid-1800s?

• The number of immigrants coming to Texas from the southern states nearly doubled between 1850 and 1860

• Immigrants from Texas settled in many Southern states, including Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia

  
  

• Nearly three fourths of all Texas households in 1860 consisted of families from Southern states

  
  

• In 1860 the number of immigrants from Southern states in Texas totaled 604,215

​​​​​​Which branch of government does this describe?

Responsible for carrying out the laws>>>The president is part of this branch>>>{________________}

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

• Financial

Which of the following political parties completes the chart?​​​

• Republicans

• Democrats

• The Whigs

• Know Nothings

What were the significant issues that needed to be considered as American struggled to achieve Manifest Destiny?

• Whether to pay for new territories or take them by force

• Try to establish a balanced approach as it related to slave and non-slave states or territories

• Whether or not that Manifest Destiny was the same as westward expansion so that America would be viewed with a compassionate point of view from other countries

• Whether to establish a temporary government in the newly acquired territories as a measure to establish control so other countries would not mistake territories as unclaimed land

How did the American belief in “Manifest Destiny” contribute to the U.S.-Mexican War?

• Many Southerners favored the institution of slavery, which was opposed by Mexico.

• Even after the U.S. annexation of Texas, its southern border with Mexico was still disputed

• Many Americans wanted to seize lands belonging to Mexico in order to extend the United States westwards.

• Most Northerners opposed to annexation of Texas as a slave state

The issue of raising tariffs divided the North and South. Most southerners were-

• skilled military men and could fight a defensive war.

  
  

• in favor of high tariffs because they would help pay off the public debt in states like Texas.

  
  

• opposed to high tariffs because they would benefit the North’s industries.

  
  

• opposed to high tariffs because they would increase the price of goods imported into the South.

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What is the belief that the state’s power is greater than that of the federal government?

• Martial Law

  
  

• Democracy

• Representative government

  
  

• State’s rights

What is the significance of the headline above?

• The beginning of the Mexican-American War.

  
  

• The beginning of the Texas Revolution

  
  

• The beginning of the Civil War

• The beginning of the U.S. Revolution