Author Question: Anti-Mexican prejudice and discrimination following the annexation of Texas resulted from a. The ... (Read 39 times)

sjones · **on:** Aug 8, 2018

Anti-Mexican prejudice and discrimination following the annexation of Texas resulted from

a. The fact that most Mexicans had fought against independence from Mexico for Texas
b. A shift in the power balance in favor of Mexicans
c. Changes in the legal system that allowed Mexicans to take land from Anglos
d. The transfer of Southern anti-black prejudice onto Mexicans

Question 2

Canadians generally honored their treaties with Indians, gave them better land for their reservations, and moved them less often as compared to the United States. The reason for this was

a. Canadians were less ethnocentric than Americans
b. The religious beliefs of Canadians were very different from Americans
c. White pressure for land in the United States was much greater
d. Canadians were not able to force Indians to do what they wanted