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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Colonel Persifier ______________ decides to leave the army after the Mexican War.
(a) Cowan.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Clayton.
(d) Cobb.

2. Where does R.J. Poteet take horses and cattle for shipment to the East?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Waco.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Dodge City.

3. Todd Morrison becomes a multimillionaire in which industry?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Real estate.
(c) Communications.
(d) Oil.

4. Earnshaw Rusk is a Quaker from which state?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Ohio.

5. Benito Garza becomes a ___________________.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Minister.
(c) Bandit.
(d) Politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Franza's brother, Theo, killed during a visit to see him in Indianola?

2. Why does Laurel face trial within his church?

3. Yancey gives himself the military title of __________________.

4. Which Texan becomes both Vice President and President of the United States?

5. How do the army troops force the Indians to surrender and move to the reservations?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does General Santa Anna deceive the U.S. government through a deal with the Polk administration?

2. Who is R.J. Poteet and what role does he play in the new town?

3. What would account for the brutality of the Texans during the Mexican War?

4. What year is it in Chapter XII and what is the composition of Texas rural areas to city areas?

5. What law enforcement group does Otto join and whom is he supposed to capture?

6. How does Yancey come to own the ten thousand acres owned by the Garza women?

7. Who is named the first U.S. Indian Agent?

8. What was the purpose of the Peace Policy instituted by President Polk in 1869?

9. Why does the Republic of Texas come to an end and on what date does that occur?

10. Why do new Texas residents like Persifier and Somerset Cobb decide to side with the South in the Civil War?

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