Unit 7: Early Statehood Review

What year did Texas become a part of the U.S.?

• 1821

• 1836

• 1845

• 1853

Texans based their new state constitution on -

• the U.S. Constitution

• the Treaty of Paris

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Articles of Confederation

branch of government that interprets the laws

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

branch of government that enforces the laws

• judicial

• executive

• legislative

• 1836

branch of government that makes the laws

• judicial

• executive

• legislative

What important government concept means “political power belongs to the people”?

• limited government

• checks and balances

• republicanism

• popular sovereignty

In the first years of the new state of Texas, only white males [over age 21] could -

• have a job

• work on a farm

• inherit property

• vote

Which of these best summarizes the meaning of “manifest destiny”?

• Which of these best summarizes the meaning of “manifest destiny”?

• the belief that the U.S. would eventually expand across North America

• the concept that the states of the U.S. should separate into their own nations

• the theory that leadership in the U.S. should be passed down through families

The boundary dispute between the U.S. and Mexico was simple. The U.S. claimed that the Rio Grande River was the border, but Mexico insisted it was the _________ River.

• Brazos

• Nueces

• Colorado

• Guadalupe

When were U.S. troops sent to the Rio Grande, and when the American Mexican war begin?

• April, 1846

• March 2, 1848

• December 29, 1845

• 1847