Despite inhabiting Texas since Spanish rule, African Americans ...

[DyllonKazuo]

Despite inhabiting Texas since Spanish rule, African Americans made up no more than twelve percent of the Texas population prior to 1836 due to
 
  A) the paucity of agricultural interests in early Texas which would have necessitated the use of slave
  labor.
  B) the Mexican government's opposition to slavery.
  C) the start of the Civil War, which prompted many African Americans to escape to the North to
  fight the Confederacy.
  D) Mexican immigration law, which limited the influx of African Americans into Texas because of
  their limited economic and educational status.
  E) reluctance by African Americans to move to Texas because of the growth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Question 2

Which of the following is the largest ethnic minority in Texas?
 
  A) African Americans
  B) Hispanics
  C) Jews
  D) Asians
  E) Native Americans

[pami445]

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B