Texas Early Statehood Review

In what year was Texas annexed to the United States?

• 1821

• 1836

• 1845

• 1848

Which of the following were motives for Manifest Destiny? (Select 3)

• Potential for new farmland

• Expanding way of life

• Discovery of Gold

• Taking land from Mexico

African-American immigrants to Texas mostly settled in the

• Central Plains

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

• Mountains & Basins

An official messenger from the government is

• an immigrant

• a ratification

• an envoy

• a census

According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which river was determined to be the international border between Mexico and the United States after the Mexican American War?

• Rio Grande River

• Nueces River

• Trinity River

• Colorado River

What did Texas have to give up as compensation for joining the United States?

• money

• gold

• military troops

• land

Which immigrant group settled in SouthCentral Texas in the 1850s and is assoiciated with Wursfest & Oktoberfest?

• Irish

• Czech

• German

• French

Which river is located and at number 1 on the map?

• Nueces River

• Colorado River

• Brazos River

• Rio Grande River

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex is

• immigration

• discrimination

• elimination

• ordination

The American president who pushed for annexation and was the president during the Mexican-American War was

• Abraham Lincoln

• Zachary Taylor

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• James K. Polk