Early Statehood and the Mexican American War

Early Statehood

​Review for your checkpoint / Finals

Multiple Choice

The year 1845 is significant to Texas History because-

• Texans won at the battle of the Alamo.

• Texas was annexed to the U.S.

Multiple Choice

What is the belief that America should own all of the territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

• Nativism

• Reservation

• Manifest Destiny

Open Ended

Think: How does the picture reflect the idea of Manifest Destiny?

Multiple Choice

What two Rivers caused a dispute between TX and Mexico?

• Rio Grande and Sabine

• Sabine and Nueces

• Nueces and Rio Grande

Multiple Choice

What is the huge chunk of land that the U.S. obtained from Mexico as an immediate result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

Multiple Choice

What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Multiple Choice

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

• Arizona

• California

• New Mexico

Multiple Choice

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

• Washington, DC

• Richmond

• New Orleans

Multiple Choice

Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

• True

• False