TRUE OR FALSE

42. Few persons in the Borderlands from the Spanish era to 1848 had significant material wealth to live well off even by the standards of those years. 43. The two most important ways for Hispanics to acquire wealth in the Borderlands was extensive slaveholding and strong artisan skills. 44. Working people, particularly day laborers or general workers, in the Borderlands received such low wages that they barely survived. 45. Life was difficult for most people because they worked hard, but secular and religious fiestas helped to break the monotony of their existence. 46. Borderland residents had a long historical dislike and fear of centralism because of the heritage of Spains rule in colonial America. 47. Spanish California proved to be a wealthy province because of its strong agricultural base, which was dependent on the labor of thousands of mission Native Americans. 48. One major result of the Texas Revolt of 1834-35 was that Tejanos lost economic and political power, while Anglos gained control of local and state governments. 49. One of the bases for Hispanic-Anglo social nexus rested on the widespread acceptance of intermarriage between both groups. 50. One of the most important Mexicans to warn the national government that it would lose control of Texas due to the growing numbers and wealth of the Americans was Erasmo Seguin, a leader in San Antonio. 51. The War of Mexican Independence hardly affected Spanish Texas and Northeast New Spain. 52. The U.S. war with Mexico had multiple causes with the political ideology of manifest destiny a key factor. 53. For the Mexican and Mexican Americans, conflict and accommodation with Anglos are key historical themes in Borderland history. 54. The gold rush adversely affected ranchero landholding throughout California. 55. Texas was the first jurisdiction that Mexico lost to the U.S. because of conflicts in Mexican political leadership.