11. Court American history of Texas Independence highlights Mexico's refusal to accept further Anglo settlers into Texas (via the April 6th Law) and Anglo opposition to Santa Anna's exceedingly conservative constitution that undercut representative and local government. True False 12. The instructor highlights popular blame for the Mexican American War and "Bear Flag Revolt" in California, suggesting that the federal government was not in the proverbial "driver's seat." True False 13. The instructor's handout suggested evidence for an unhealthy habit and cycle of Americans manufacturing unity via stigmatizing another nationality as an "other," coveting that demographic's land, and justifying war with said demographic. True False 14. Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis argued that superior capital and Anglo-Saxon roots helped determine who "won" the West. True False 15. Frederick Jackson Turner stressed how the Western Overland Trails confronted all settlers alike with indiscriminate dangers and opportunities. True False 16. Which Gold Rush data does NOT seem to support Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis? a. A temporary lack of institutions & reputation of lawlessness in California "Gold Country" b. Mineral wealth initially extracted with little or no need for capital or expertise c. Entrepreneurial opportunities to "mine" the miners d. Foreign Miners' Taxes against Hispanics and Asians 17. Evidence against Turner's thesis might include... a. Those with superior capital eventually, arguably, won the West b. Discrimination faced by Hispanics, Asians, etc. c. Both options A & B 18. Which of the following is FALSE regarding Chicano historical emphasis of nineteenth-century Western history? a. Despite the promises of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, many Latinos lost at least portions of their land. b. Latinos preserved their culture well, and some fought back within and beyond the "system" c. Turner's interpretation of the West as a microcosm of equality of opportunity for all 19. The instructor mentioned economic and demographic changes, as well as a religious "awakening," a transcendental movement, and a myriad of reform movements in explaining evidence for Antebellum idealism. True False
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