20. Which of the following statements most clearly contradicts the information in this passage?
(A) In the early 1800's, the Spanish committed more resources to settling California than to developing Texas.
(B) While Texas was under Mexican control, the population of Texas quadrupled, in spite of the fact that Mexico discouraged immigration from the United States.
(C) By the time Mexico acquired Texas, many Indians had already married people of Spanish heritage.
(D) Many Mexicans living in Texas returned to Mexico after Texas was annexed by the United States.
(E) Most Indians living in Texas resisted Spanish acculturation and were either killed or enslaved.
I am not a huge fan of this question which is still an official question. It is one of the weirdest ones by ETS. Basically, it is a sort of EXCEPT question
The stem says
most clearly contradicts which means we have to find the information in the passage and see among the answer choices which one is the opposite
(A) In the early 1800's, the Spanish committed more resources to settling California than to developing Texas.
No mention at all of California in the passage, whatsoever. OFF
(B) While Texas was under Mexican control, the population of Texas quadrupled, in spite of the fact that Mexico discouraged immigration from the United States.
I do not see such stats information in the passage. OFF
(C) By the time Mexico acquired Texas,
many Indians had already married people of Spanish heritage.The passage says:
they intermarried with and absorbed the culture of the indigenous Indians. This policy of colonization through acculturation was continued when Mexico acquired Texas in the early 1800's and brought the indigenous Indians into Mexican life and government.
This is also true. The passage DOES NOT contradict C or vice-versa.
(D)
Many Mexicans living in Texas
returned to Mexico after Texas was annexed by the United States.
Now is the most debated question among the others
The passage says: after the US victory " Thus,
suddenly deprived of our parent culture, we had to evolve uniquely Mexican-American modes of thought and action in order to survive.
Deprived of our parent culture DOES NOT necessarily mean that people back in Mexico. Could be also the case that after the annexation of Texas by the US Gov the Mexicans over there had the US influence just because the US was the new landlord. We immediately are used to thinking: we are deprived by our parents means they did back .....we do not have enough information to say that for sure
(E) Most Indians living in Texas resisted Spanish acculturation and were either killed or enslaved.
E is the right choice. Spanish killed and enslaved the Mexicans. No, it is false: instead, on the contrary, they promoted the policy of acculturation.
E clearly contradict the passage and its information
Hope this helps
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