Early Statehood Vocabulary Lesson

Match

Match the following

• Abolition

• Annexation

• Treaty

Ending of slavery

Adding territory

Formal agreement

• Ending of slavery

• Adding territory

• Formal agreement

Multiple Select

What are three (3) synonyms for compromise?

• Settlement

• agreement

• adding

• middle ground

• conflict

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was a primary motivation for settlers moving toward the Pacific Ocean in the 1800s.

Multiple Choice

Westward expansion led to-

• the fast growth of new states

• the Texas Revolution

• industrialization

• border conflicts between the United States and Canada

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was an economic activity that was most important to early Texas, specifically involving cotton and cattle.

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Agriculture

Compromise

Expansionism

Treaty

Match

Match the following

• compromise

• Manifest Destiny

• enslaved

• agriculture

an agreement

idea of expansion of the US westward

forced workers

the practice raising crops and animals

• an agreement

• idea of expansion of the US westward

• forced workers

• the practice raising crops and animals

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marked the first major engagement of the Mexican-American War.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following battles involved U.S. troops capturing a key Mexican city in the North?

• Battle of Monterey

• Battle of Palo Alto

• Final Battle of Mexico City

• Battle of Buena Vista

Match

Match the following

• Battle of Palo Alto

• Battle of Resaca de la Palma

• Battle of Monterey

• Battle of Buena Vista

• Battle of Mexico City

First major battle of the Mexican-American War

Drove Mexican Army across the Rio Grande

Captured a Mexican City in the North

Defeated a much larger army

Last battle that ended the war

• First major battle of the Mexican-American War

• Drove Mexican Army across the Rio Grande

• Captured a Mexican City in the North

• Defeated a much larger army

• Last battle that ended the war