MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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He persuaded Congress to set aside acreage for public schools in each county.
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Because he was a college professor.
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He forced all Texas residents to pay a school tax for each child in the family.
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His father was the president of Harvard.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lamar has been called “the Father of Texas Education” because of his provisions of land to support it. During his administration, he convinced the legislature to set aside three leagues of land in each county to be devoted to school development.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Mirabeau Lamar urge the Texas Congress to reject the peace treaty with the Cherokee that had been negotiated by Sam Houston? Lamar believed that the Cherokee had been involved in the Córdova Rebellion and were allied with Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Lamar wanted to create a public school system and a first-class university in Texas. At his urging, Congress gave each county almost 18, 000 acres of land to sell to pay for schools. Congress also set aside land to be sold to fund a university.