MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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Most Texans thought that their economy couldn’t survive without slavery.
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Most Texans fought to end slavery.
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Most Texans owned slaves and didn’t want to lose their property.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Slavery certainly promoted development of the agricultural economy; it provided the labor for a 600 percent increase in cotton production during the 1850s. On the other hand, the institution may well have contributed in several ways to retarding commercialization and industrialization.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although only one Texas family in four owned slaves, most Texans opposed any interference with the institution of slavery, which they believed necessary for the continued economic growth of the state.
Detailed explanation-3: -Imports of goods from northern factories ceased, transportation networks were damaged, and Union blockades made it difficult for cotton growers to export their crops. Trade with Mexico provided some relief. But without larger trade networks, the residents of Texas suffered from shortages of many kinds.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Texas Constitution of 1836 gave more protection to slaveholders while further controlling the lives of enslaved people through new slave codes. The Texas Legislature passed increasingly restrictive laws governing the lives of free blacks, including a law banishing all free black people from the Republic of Texas.