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Where did the phrase “Don’t mess with Texas” come from?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although people are usually talking to other states or nations when they say, “Don’t mess with Texas,” the slogan was originally used to tell Texans not to mess with their state by littering on the state’s major roads. Although the slogan caught on after it was introduced by the Texas Department of Transportation in 1985, it’s since developed a life of its own.

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Where did the phrase “Don’t mess with Texas” come from?

• A state anti-littering campaign from the 1980s
• The American Civil War
• A football chant
• The Texas Revolution of 1836