Texas Early Statehood

I am the 11th president of the U.S and will ensure the country fulfills expansion westward.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• Anson Jones

• James K. Polk

Between what two rivers did the U.S.-Mexican war start over?

• Rio Grande river and Navasota river

• Rio Grande river and Nueces river

• Sabine river and Red river

• Colorado river and Brazos river

The Mexican government recognized what river as the border between the U.S and Mexico.

• Rio Grande River

• Brazos River

• Nueces River

• Navasota River

To solve the issue of slavery in the Mexican Cession, Henry Clay drafted what legislation?

• Compromise of 1833

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Compromise of 1850

• Treaty of Velasco

What agreement ended the U.S.-Mexican War?

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Velasco

• Compromise of 1850

• Constitution of 1824

Why is the year 1845 important to Texas history?

• Pineda mapped the Texas coast

• Texas becomes independent of Mexico

• Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at San Jacinto

• Texas is annexed into the U.S.

In the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexico would agree to all of the following except:

• Paying the U.S. $10 million for the Mexican Cession

• Recognizing the Rio Grade as the border

• Accepting Texas annexation into the U.S

• Giving up California

Which of the following did not lead to the U.S-Mexican war?

• Territorial disputes between the Rio Grande river and Nueces river

• President Polk's desire to expand or achieve Manifest Destiny

• The annexation of Texas into the U.S.

• Mexico refusing to send aid to the U.S. after the war of 1812

Which of the following was not included in the Compromise of 1850?

• Stronger fugitive slave laws

• Outlawing slavery in Texas

• Admitting California as a free state

• Abolishing slave trade in Washington D.C.

Of the following which event is a push factor of Irish immigration to Texas?

• Potato famine

• Black Plague

• Irish Civil War

• Slavery