When Northwesterners Questioned Why All of Texas Was Annexed but Not

question 22

Multiple Choice

When northwesterners questioned why all of Texas was annexed but not all of Oregon, Oregon settlement supporters such as Sen. Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri responded that

• A) Oregon was far more expensive than Texas to defend.
• B) Oregon land was less desirable than that of Texas.
• C) Polk and his supporters in the Senate were far more interested in Texas as a bulwark for slavery.
• D) Great Britain was a far more powerful nation than Mexico.
• E) None of these choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A standardized value derived from sample data during a hypothesis test which is used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Lower Tailed Test

A statistical test used to determine if a dataset's lower end values significantly differ from the hypothesized value.

Test Statistic

A standardized value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test that is used to make a decision about the null hypothesis.

P-value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the ones observed during the test, assuming the null hypothesis is true.