Early Statehood, Civil War, and Reconstruction

What is the belief that the U.S. was DESTINED (fate, “meant to happen”) to EXPAND WEST across the North American continent?

• Manifest Destiny

• Secession

• Sectionalism

• Annexation

When was Texas annexed by the United States?

• 1836

• 1845

• 1861

• 1865

What year did Texas become an independent republic?

• 1836

• 1845

• 1861

• 1865

What were the years of the Civil War?

• 1835-1836

• 1846-1848

• 1861-1865

• 1850-1854

Texas was annexed by a ______________

• Judicial Review

• Congressional Vote

• Joint Resolution

• Executive Order

What was the cause of the U.S.-Mexican War?

• No representation for the Texans

• Border Dispute

• Unfair Taxes

• Mexico invaded Texas

Which of the following was NOT apart of the Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo?

• Rio Grande established as the international border

• Mexican Cession gained by the U.S.

• U.S. paid $15 million to Mexico

• Mexico would have to pay $10 million in damages to the U.S.

What was the land acquired by the U.S. after the Mexican-American War called?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Mexican Cession

• Red River Territory

1854 U.S. buys more land from Mexico to complete a railroad. What was this land called?

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Red River Territory

What was NOT included in the Compromise of 1850?

• Fugitive Slave Law expanded

• Slave trade ended in Washington D.C.

• Texas modern day boundaries set

• California added as a slave state