1) Anglo-Americans who settled in Texas generally came from:

a)the northeastern states
b) the southeastern states
c) the northwestern states
d) the western states

Hint: page 115-116

2) On the eve of the Civil War, the only Indians allowed to maintain an official presence in Texas were the:

a) Kiowas and Tonkawas
b) Coahuiltecans and Jumanos
c) Alabamas and Coushattas
d) Cherokees and Seminoles

Hint: pages 128

3) All of the following were indicative of Mexican/Tejano/Anglo tension in pre-and post-Civil War Texas EXCEPT?

a) harassment of teamsters carrying goods from the coast.
b) labor unionism.
c) Santos Benavides' service in the Confederacy.
d) Juan Cortina’s “war.”

Hint: pages 125-6, 135, 143-144,

4) Which statement is INCORRECTLY stated?

a) The Know-Nothings accused Democrats of inflaming sectional passions in the territories thud perpetrators of the internecine conflict.
b) Know-Nothingism proved to be a temporary phenomenon for the slavery question divided the national Know-Nothing party just as it had the Whigs.
c) Northern Democrats advocated immediate, unconditional secession from the Union while guarding the doctrine of states’ rights and condemning the upstart (northern) Republican party.
d) Natural opponents of the Know-Nothings in Texas included Mexicans and Germans, whom the nativist party perceived as culturally un-American because of their Catholic religion and  foreign origins.

Hint: page 133

5) Upon voting for secssion, the commander of the Department of Texas, __________ was compelled to surrender U. S. forces in San Antonio and to evacuate federal property in Texas, upon which the Lone Star flag was raised over the Alamo.

a) Texas Ranger Ben McCulloch
b) Colonel John S. "Rip" Ford
c) Brigadier General David E. Twiggs
d) Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor

Hint: page 138

6) The slavery issue destroyed several political parties; however, one emerged that was the product of a border states' coalition. That party was the

a) Texas Whig party
b) Constitutional Union party
c) Southern Democratic party
d) Know-Nothing party

Hint: page 136

7) To guarantee Indian autonomy, ________, U. S. Indian agent, recommended establishing reservations in Texas.

a) James W. Throckmorton
b) Captain Henry McKavett
c) Ben McCulloch
d) Major Robert Simpson Neighbors

Hint: page 127

8) Slavery, defined as "a perpetual condition" in the Constitution of 1845, forbade all of the following EXCEPT:

a) marrying or forming a family.
b) the allowance of whipping.
c) insulting or suing a white person.
d) assembling.

Hint: page 123

9) As a result of the Spanish legacy and the ratification of the Constitution of 1845, women in Texas gained rights. Which of the following could they NOT be assured of?

a) division of property obtained during marriage.
b) sole ownership of properties acquired by women before and after marriage.
c) guardianship of their children in cases of divorce.
d) the possibility of amassing sizable fortunes.

Hint: page 128-29

10) The Constitutional Union party was the fusion of all of the following EXCEPT:

a) former Republicans
b) former Whigs
c) Unionist Democrats
d) ex-Know-Nothings

Hint: page 136