EOY TEXAS HISTORY

How do historians determine when to begin and end an era?

• Historians look in the textbook for the right answer.
• An era is every 100 years.
• No one really knows when an era begins or ends.
• By looking at significant events and deciding when ones change the course of history.

Which of the following statements best explains the importance of freedom of speech and press?

• Freedom of speech and the press is a responsibility that every citizen must participate in if our nation is to remain true to the principles of democracy.
• Freedom of speech and press is important in a democratic society because it impedes the spread of revolutionary ideas and views.
• Freedom of speech and the press is a civic liberty that enables citizens to say whatever they want without consequences.
• Freedom of speech and press is important because it provides a marketplace for ideas and allows for the discovery and spread of political views.

Which Principle of Government is being expressed?

• Separation of Power
• Popular Sovereignty
• Federalism
• Individual Rights

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct
• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

What were the effects of the US-Mexican War?

• Mexican Cession
• Free State (North) vs. Slave State (South)
• Compromise of 1850
• All of the above

Which of the following ended the US-Mexican War and forced Mexico to turn over much of its north territory to the United States?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Gadsden Purchase
• New Mexico and Arizona Purchase
• Guadalupe Purchase

The United States thought the border between the United States and Mexico was the _________

• Nueces River
• Rio Grande River
• Red River
• Trinity River

Which area on this map was gained by the U.S. as a direct result of the Mexican-American War?

• green 
• blue
• red
• yellow

The large area of land that Mexico gave up to the U.S. after losing the war was known as the Mexican ___________ .

• Cession
• Transfer
• Treaty
• Compromise

The following graphic organizer describes what?

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820
• The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
• The Compromise of 1850
• The Treaty of Velasco