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- 1. Multiple Choice
Manifest Destiny refers to:
War with Mexico
The expansion of slavery
America's territorial expansion
Texas independence from Mexico
- 2. Multiple Choice
Annexation is:
The process of one country taking over all or part of another country
The process of one state leaving a country
America's plan to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Always a hostile takeover of someone else's land
- 3. Multiple Choice
Foreign policy is:
A government's plan to deal with issues INSIDE a country
A government's plan to deal with issues OUTSIDE a country
- 4. Multiple Choice
Domestic policy is:
A government's plan to deal with issues INSIDE a country
A government's plan to deal with issues OUTSIDE a country
- 5. Multiple Choice
An example of a FOREIGN POLICY is:
Houston's plan to make peace with the natives
Lamar's plan to remove the natives
Houston's plan to reduce the size of the army
Houston's plan to ignore all of Mexico's attacks
- 6. Multiple Choice
An example of a DOMESTIC POLICY is:
Lamar's plan to offer Mexico $5 million to leave the RoT alone
Houston's negotiations with America for annexation
Lamar's plan to expand the RoT to the west
Lamar's plan to remove all natives from RoT
- 7. Multiple Choice
Based ONLY on the following quote, "I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone," what is the BEST word to describe Houston's Indian policy?
Popular
Aggressive
Supportive
Unpopular
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why was Sam Houston most likely elected President of the RoT instead of SFA or Lamar?
SFA didn't fight in the Revolution
Lamar was unknown in Texas
Sam Houston was a war hero
Most people believed SFA was a coward
- 9. Multiple Choice
An example of public lands:
Grocery store
National park
A person's home
A neighborhood park
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a reason that the US denied annexation to the US:
Large public debt
It would unbalance slave and free states in the US
America was no longer interested in Manifest Destiny
It would cause a war with Mexico
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which President would have said the following: "The white man and the red man can not dwell in harmony together as nature forbids it."
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following positions would be included in a President's cabinet?
Governor
Secretary of State
Soldier
Senator
- 13. Multiple Choice
Money that a government collects is called:
Public debt
Revenue
Joint Resolution
Domestic Policy
- 14. Multiple Choice
Houston moved the capital to:
Waterloo
Austin
Washington on the Brazos
Houston
- 15. Multiple Choice
Houston's foreign policy for dealing with Mexico was to:
avoid/ignore all conflicts
send an army to the border to keep Mexico out
ask the American army to help
negotiate with Santa Anna for peace
- 16. Multiple Choice
Lamar was against annexation by the US because:
He believed the RoT would become a great empire
He was angry at America for not helping more in the Texas Revolution
- 17. Multiple Choice
Lamar moved the capital to Waterloo (Austin) because:
it was more central and he hoped to grow the RoT west
To make Sam Houston mad
to be closer to the natives to fight and remove them from the RoT
to honor SFA
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which President of the RoT increased the size of the army and created a navy?
Houston
Lamar
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which President increased taxes, cut government spending and got rid of the army?
Houston
Lamar
- 20. Multiple Choice
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