Module 12, Lessons 1-2 Quiz

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• 1st Hour
• 2nd Hour
• 5th Hour
• 6th Hour
• 7th Hour

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The Mexican government made contracts with various agents, or ___________________, to bring to settlers to Texas.

• Empresarios
• Police
• Personas
• Tejanos

Which of the following was an effect of the establishment of Stephen F. Austin’s successful first colony?

• Many more Anglo-American settlers came to Texas
• Anglo-American settlers traveled to California
• Many Tejanos started adapting to American culture
• Tejanos started moving to the U.S.

Who led an unsuccessful revolt in Mexico, but the rebellion he started grew and eventually led to Mexican Independence in 1821?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Moses Austin
• Santa Anna
• Miguel Hidalgo

Following its independence from Spain, Mexico contracted with Stephen F. Austin to bring settlers to ____________________.

• Arizona
• California
• New Mexico
• Texas

At the Battle of __________________________, the Texan Army defeated Santa Anna’s Mexican Army and won independence for Texas.

• the Alamo
• Goliad
• Gonzales
• San Jacinto

Concerned about the balance of free and slave states, what president did not pursue the annexation of Texas as a state?

• Martin Van Buren
• Andrew Jackson
• John Tyler
• William Henry Harrison

What was the main belief of manifest destiny?

• The United States should allow slavery into new territories.
• The United States should spread democracy to the rest of the world.
• The United States should include lands in Central and South America.
• The United States should settle the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.