The Mexican government invited settlement into Texas because it:
A) wanted to create a buffer zone with the Comanche settlements to the west.
B) wanted to stimulate economic growth.
C) could make huge profits from the sale of the land.
D) wanted to create a multicultural society.
Answer: A
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A. refusal to include them in war revenues B. increasingly arrogant policies C. continual disputes about borders D. refusal to send in postwar aid for reconstruction
Empress Irene's most serious competition for the throne came from
a. generals. b. the patriarch. c. her son. d. high court officials. e. the pope.
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What law did Stephen Douglas need to repeal in order to gain southern support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A) the Wilmot Proviso B) the Missouri Compromise C) the Compromise of 1850 D) the Bill of Rights E) the new Fugitive Slave Law