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Arrest of Stephen F. Austin

Question 10 • DAEP-Grade 7 Texas History A (20 Day Term)

Why did Santa Anna decide to return to office and resume his duties as president?

Answer
A
Farías was trying to pass unwanted laws that angered the conservatives in Mexico.
B
Farías asked Santa Anna to return to work on Austin’s resolutions.
C
Santa Anna returned to stop a revolt that was being led by Austin.
D
Santa Anna returned to fix the problems caused by the cholera epidemic.

Explanation

Santa Anna returned to power in 1834 after his vice president, Valentín Gómez Farías, introduced liberal reforms that angered conservative groups. Santa Anna sided with the conservatives and moved to undo those reforms. So the correct choice is “Farías was trying to pass unwanted laws that angered the conservatives in Mexico.”

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