Final Exam Review Part 8

Question 1

Lamar’s administration resulted in

Answer 1

a soaring national debt.

Question 2

A difficult political issue for the US in the annexation of Texas was

Answer 2

slavery.

Question 3

There were two competing offers presented to the Convention of 1845 annexation or

Answer 3

recognition of the Republic of Mexico.

Question 4

The most popular political party in Texas in the 1840’s and 1850’s was

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the Democratic Party.

Question 5

The annexation resolution made Texas agree to reduce its public debt by

Answer 5

raising taxes.

Question 6

Under the new constitution, corporations

Answer 6

could only operate with permission from the legislature.

Question 7

The economy of the northern US depended heavily on

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commerce and manufacturing.

Question 8

President Tyler and some other Americans feared that

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Great Britain was gaining too much influence in Texas.

Question 9

The US Senate voted in the summer of 1844 to

Answer 9

demand that Britain leave Texas alone.

Question 10

The belief that it was American’s divine right to annex Texas referred to

Answer 10

manifest destiny.

Question 11

The columnist who wrote in favor of annexation in the New York Sun was

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Jane McManus Cazneau

Question 12

The document created by the US Congress in 1844 to approve annexation was a

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joint resolution, which required only a simple majority.

Question 13

The first governor of the state of Texas was

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James Pinckney Henderson

Question 14

At the convention of 1845, which wrote the state constitution, Jose Antonio Navarro was

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the only delegate from San Antonio.

Question 15

The new constitution required the state legislature to meet

Answer 15

every two years.

Question 16

Under Texas law, which stemmed from old Spanish laws, married women

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could own property separate from their husbands.

Question 17

The South thought that it could win the war because

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it had skilled military men and could fight a defensive war.

Question 18

Sam Houston warned Texans that

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the North was determined to keep the Union together.

Question 19

The South’s greatest resource for trade with the world was

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cotton.

Question 20

General William Tecumseh Sherman is remembered for

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his destructive march through Georgia and the Carolinas.

Question 21

At the end of the war, Texas was

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in a state of political and economic collapse.

Question 22

Most major battles of Civil War took place

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east of the Mississippi.

Question 23

General Ulysses Grant fought hard for control of

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the Mississippi River valley.

Question 24

Grant’s army and a fleet of ironclad ships split the Confederacy in two with the capture of

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Vicksburg.

Question 25

General henry H Sibley and a force of Texas were defeated by Union forces at

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Shiloh.