Early Statehood, Civil War and Reconstruction

What did Texas do with the money the U.S. paid them for the land of the Republic?

• bought more land
• pay off debt
• buy Mexico
• build a state capital

The land west of the Rio Grande is called _________.

• The Mexican Cession
• Disputed area
• Louisiana Purchase
• Mexican territory

What was the main money crop in the Eastern part of Texas?

• corn
• potatoes
• cotton
• wheat

What era started when the Republic of Texas ended?

• Revolution and Republic
• Mexican National Era
• Early Statehood
• Native Texas and It's People

What year did Texas get annexed into the U.S.?

• 1519
• 1718
• 1836
• 1845

What was the name of the document that officially ended the U.S.-Mexican War?

• Treaty of Velasco
• Treaty of Ghent
• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

What political party did not want the annexation of Texas or the spread of slavery?

• Whig
• Democrat

What political party wanted Texas annexation & the spread of slavery?

• Whig
• Democrat

Before the start of the U.S.-Mexican War, what did Mexico consider the border of Mexico & the U.S.?

• Nueces River
• Rio Grande

What is the belief that Americans will dominate territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

• Nativism
• Reservation
• Manifest Destiny
• Antebellum