Semester Exam Review

Which happened first?

• Texas Annexation

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• U.S. Mexican War

• Texas Revolution

What year was Texas annexed?

• 1836

• 1845

• 1848

• 1821

Which river was disputed during the Mexican/American war?

• Brazos River

• Red River

• Nueces River

• Sabine River

European immigrants came to Texas for which reason?

• The food

• To escape Mexico

• To enter Mexico

• Cheap land

Germans settled in which part of Texas?

• The Panhandle

• Central Texas

• Brownsville

• The border with Louisiana

Which country had an interest in Texas before annexation?

• England

• India

• Canada

• Australia

Manifest Destiny means...

• Destiny that is not determined

• God given right to govern all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific

• Mexico wants to posses Canada

• European right to own Mexico

Many US soldiers died in the US/Mexican war from?

• Mean horses

• Poor food

• Dehydration

• Disease

The Mexican Cession caused what problem within the US?

• Who owned it

• What to do with Iowa

• Whether there should be slaves there or not

• What to do with the people there

Economic reasons could be...

• farming

• church

• electing government officials

• None of these