Manifest Destiny refers to:
  • War with Mexico
  • The expansion of slavery
  • America's territorial expansion
  • Texas independence from Mexico
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An example of public lands:
  • Grocery store
  • National park
  • A person's home
  • A neighborhood park
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
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
Which of the following positions would be included in a President's cabinet?
  • Governor
  • Secretary of State
  • Soldier
  • Senator
Money that a government collects is called:
  • Public debt
  • Revenue
  • Joint Resolution
  • Domestic Policy
Houston moved the capital to:
  • Waterloo
  • Austin
  • Washington on the Brazos
  • Houston
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
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
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
Which President of the RoT increased the size of the army and created a navy?
  • Houston
  • Lamar
Which President increased taxes, cut government spending and got rid of the army?
  • Houston
  • Lamar
I will study for my Social Studies quiz tonight!:)
  • TRUE :)
  • FALSE :(
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