Early Statehood

Texas gave up millions of acres of land in exchange for $10 million in what is known as

• Mexican Cession
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Compromise of 1850
• Louisiana Purchase

Why did the population of Texas increase in the 1830s?

• Texas Revolution
• Annexation
• The shipwreck of Cabeza de Vaca
• Civil War

Why did the population of Texas increase in the 1840s?

• Texas Revolution
• Annexation by the US
• Louisiana Purchase
• Civil War

What is the name of Area I?

• Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Purchase
• Texas
• Southwest Territory

How did the US get Area I?

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The US bought the land from France
• Texas won its independence at San Jacinto
• Treaty of Velasco

What is the Area II called?

• Texas
• California
• Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Territory

Which of the following is the result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• It ended the Mexican War
• Texas became an independent republic
• Americans were allowed to settle in Texas
• The US bought Louisiana from France

Which of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• Texas was larger and took up more space on a map
• Texas gave up its claim to over 67 million acres of land
• Slavery became legal in Texas
• Mexico was forced to sell the Mexican Cession

In what document did Mexico receive $15 million and the US border became the Rio Grande?

• Treaty of Velasco
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Compromise of 1850
• Gadsden Purchase

Who am I?
I was President of the United States during the US Mexican War.

• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau Lamar
• James K Polk
• John Tyler