SOC 302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Railroad Commission Of Texas, Elisha M. Pease, Juan Cortina
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Texas political history: the mexican-american war intensified the slavery controversy in the u. s, the dred scott decision stated that congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in the territories, true statements: Senator, sam houston voted against the kansas-nebraska act and for the admission of california to the union as a free state. The democratic party in texas was challenged by the know-nothing party in the mid-1850s. A majority of texans voted for john breckinridge in the 1860 presidential election. Slavery in texas was flourishing in 1860 and represented an investment worth more than all the farmland in the state. Most texans favored secession only after lincoln won the presidential election of 1860: during the civil war in texas, unionists were allowed to live unmolested, particularly in the. Gainesville area of north texas and in the german hill country: during reconstruction in texas, the constitution of 1869 reflected the views of moderate.
