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How did Sam Houston persuade the United States to annex Texas?

by claiming that Texas would rejoin Mexico to settle its debts

by threatening to ask France for help if the United States refused

by threatening to ask Britain for help if the United States refused

by starting a border dispute with Mexico to gain new territory

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By 1860, the number of miles of railroad tracks throughout the United States had risen to

3,000.

30,000.

300,000.

3 million.

How did Frederick Douglass push for an end to slavery?

He led enslaved people to freedom in the North.

He advocated for abolition by giving speeches.

He was an apologist who supported abolition.

He published abolitionist poetry.

In addition to making speeches and printing newspapers, many abolitionists

wrote petitions asking Congress to outlaw slavery.

organized armed rebellions in Southern states.

bought enslaved people in order to set them free.

taught young African American children in schools.

After the Texans revolted and captured San Antonio in the 1830s,

Texas became part of independent Mexico.

Sam Houston was defeated at San Jacinto.

Santa Anna brought troops to take back the city.

Santa Anna was quickly defeated at the Alamo.

Nativists in the 1840s believed that immigrants

had much in common with them.

deserved better working conditions.

could not fit into American society.

should be better integrated into society.

Which statement best describes the slave codes of the 1800s?

They were laws that controlled the lives of enslaved people.

They were descriptions of the jobs held by enslaved workers.

They were rules for plantation owners who wanted to enslave people.

They were lists of the trades that enslaved people were allowed to learn.

What new technology made cotton “king” in the South in the 1800s?

the assembly line

the cotton gin

mass production

steamboats

Founded in 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society

received overwhelmingly positive support.

adopted resolutions and sent petitions to Congress.

was opposed by activist William Lloyd Garrison.

held meetings in private out of fear of reprisals.

The religious music of enslaved African Americans became the basis for modern

blues music.

rap music.

country music.

folk music.

Who crafted the Missouri Compromise, which was passed in 1820?

Thomas Jefferson

Henry Clay

James Tallmadge

Stephen Austin

Abolitionists of the early 1800s were influenced by the

First Great Awakening.

Second Great Awakening.

rise of cotton.

decline of cotton.

How did the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 affect the labor of enslaved people in the South?

Although the cotton gin affected the tasks performed by enslaved workers, the number of workers needed remained constant.

Although the cotton gin did not alter the tasks performed by enslaved workers, the number of workers sharply increased.

Because the cotton gin was so efficient, plantation owners needed fewer enslaved workers to produce cotton.

Because the cotton gin processed cotton so quickly, farmers needed increasing numbers of enslaved workers.

The cotton gin sped up the production of cotton by

planting cotton seeds in neat rows for cultivation.

picking cotton without damaging the cotton plants.

separating the seeds from the cotton plant quickly.

packing cotton fiber into bales for shipment to mills.

What was one effect of Santa Anna’s rise to power in the 1830s?

Santa Anna outlawed slavery in all of Mexico’s territories.

Independent Mexican states gained more power and control.

Texas was taken over by Mexico and became part of that country.

Texas revolted and declared independence from Mexico.

What was one significant result of the changes in manufacturing and transportation that took place in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Many factory laborers left cities to work in far away rural areas due to improvements in transportation.

Improved transportation led to the development of many new factories in the South and the West.

People in cities often made more money as they took on skilled positions in manufacturing and transportation.

Cities became overcrowded as more and more people traveled to the North, looking for factory work.

What was one problem with overland travel in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

It was impossible to ship goods over long distances.

It was slow and expensive to ship goods over land.

It was cheap to ship goods over land, but it took time.

It was expensive to ship goods over land, but it was fast.

Which statement is the most accurate comparison of William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass?

Both men edited abolitionist newspapers, and both wrote autobiographies about being enslaved.

Both men edited abolitionist newspapers, but Garrison also wrote an autobiography about being enslaved.

Both men edited abolitionist newspapers, but Douglass also wrote an autobiography about being enslaved.

Garrison wrote an autobiography about being enslaved, and Douglass edited an abolitionist newspaper.

In the 1800s, most enslaved people on plantations lived in

large tents.

dormitory buildings.

simple cabins.

plantation houses.

Which best describes a difference between enslaved people in cities and those on plantations in the 1800s?

Enslaved people in cities were not considered to be property, while enslaved people on plantations were thought of as property.

Enslaved people in cities often kept some of their wages, while enslaved people on plantations never received any wages.

Enslaved people on plantations could learn a trade or a skill, while enslaved people in cities were thought of as unskilled labor.

Enslaved people on plantations did less manual labor, while enslaved people in cities spent more hours doing backbreaking work.

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