Early Texas Statehood Review 24-25

What was the MAIN GOAL for the State of Texas?

• To allow slavery

• To get out of debt

• To allow immigrants

• To annex to the United States

Which list shows the reason Immigrants came to Texas?

• weather, gold, land

• land, jobs, natural resources

• land, jobs, weather

• gold, natural resources, weather

_________________believes that the Nueces River is the border, ______________ believes the Rio Grande River is the border

• Spain, Mexico

• United States, Mexico

• Mexico, United States

• Mexico, Spain

Which shows the correct sequence of events:

1. Mexico City is captured

2. Shots fired from both sides

3. Treaty is signed

• 1,2,3

• 1,3,2

• 2,3,1

• 2,1,3

Why did the US want to annex Texas?

• To clear their debt

• To fulfill Manifest Destiny

• To anger Mexico

• To have another slave state

What happened to the Native Americans due to the increase of Texas' population?

• They lost their hunting ground

• They lived peacefully with the white settlers

• They moved into nearby towns

• They were allowed to stay on their land and live peacefully

The Mexicans attacked the US because

• Taylor moved his army to the Nueces River

• Taylor moved his army to the Rio Grande River

• Taylor moved his army to the Neches River

• Taylor moved his army to the Nueces River and then the Rio Grande River

What was the cause of the Mexican American War?

• Money problems

• Land sale

• Border dispute

• Immigration

We paid $15 million for a huge part of land.

What was this land called?

• Nueces Strip

• Disputed Area

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

What group immigrated to New Braunfels and Fredericksburg?

• Polish

• Norweigan

• German

• Swiss