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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of the Mexican men who illegally crossed the U.S. border in 1961?

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

3. In Chapter XII, what is the largest city in Texas?

4. Yancey leads a movement to make ________________ a slave state.

5. Why does Beth Morrison have problems in school in Texas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What responsibilities does Earnshaw assume for the town and what is it eventually named?

2. What years did the Mexican War take place and why is there such lingering hatred between the Texans and Mexicans at this time?

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

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

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

6. How did the U.S. troops finally get the Indians to move to the reservation?

7. How did the Indians feel about President Polk's Peace Policy?

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

9. What time period does Chapter VII cover?

10. Why do the Cobb women not tell their slaves about the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the process of breaking ground and planting crops. Which crops were experimented with by the homesteaders? Which crops became the staples for Texas homesteaders? Are those crops the primary crops for Texas yet today?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the drive it took to be a Texas homesteader. What did it require? Who were the best candidates for homesteading?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of religion--especially Catholicism--on the Texas prairie. Was there an increase in religious life because just living on the prairie was such a trying experience? What were the primary religions represented on the Texas frontier?

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