Mexican- American War

True or False:  The population in Texas decreased in 1845 because it joined the United States.

• True
• False

The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following except 

• California entered the Union as a free state
• All other states would enter under popular sovereignty
• US pays TX $10 million for land outside present day boundary
• Texas agreed to become a free state

Texas used the $10 million to

• Pay of their debt completely
• Set aside $2 million in a permanent school fund
• Both of these answers are correct
• Neither of these answers are correct

Allowing states to decide by popular vote whether or not to prevent slavery is called

• cession
• permanent school fund
• veto
• popular sovereignty

The granting of land from one country to another is called

• cession
• permanent school fund
• veto
• annexation

Texas joined the United States as the 28th state in the year

• 1836
• 1845
• 1718
• 1824

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the _______________ river the boundary between 

• Nueces River
• Sabine River
• Colorado River
• Rio Grande River

Who were known as "los diablos Tejanos" during the Mexican American War?

• Mexican soliders
• American Soliders
• Texas Rangers
• None of these

Texas got its well-known shape due to the 

• Treaty of Velasco
• Treaty of Guadulupe Hidalgo
• Mexican Cession
• Compromise of 1850

Slavery became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because:

• The northern states tried to abolish slavery in the southern states
• The nation was expanding to the West
• The southern states demanded the end of slavery
• None of these