Early Statehood Review

_________________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

*New Mexico and Utah could decide slavery

* Runaway slaves had to be returned

* California would be a free state

What events were these part of?

• Treaty of Velasco

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Compromise of 1850

• Law of April 6, 1830

What was the outcome of the Mexican American War?

• Annexation

• Rio Grande becomes border

• Debt

• Bloodshed

What era describes the following:

Immigration, border dispute, question of annexation, Manifest Destiny, Mexican-American War

• Republic of Texas Era

• Texas Revolution Era

• Early Texas Statehood Era

• Mexican National Era

What was the name of the document that officially ended the U.S.-Mexican War?

• Treaty of Velasco
• Treaty of Ghent
• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

The belief that it was God's divine will for the U.S. to expand westward across the continent is referred to as _______________.

• annexation

• divine right

• sectionalism

• manifest destiny

The Mexican Cession (see picture) was land given to the U.S. by Mexico as a part of what treaty?

• Treaty of Velasco

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Nacagdoches

What people group emigrated from their homeland in massive numbers, many of them settling in Texas, after a great Potato Famine (food shortage) struck their country?

• The Irish

• The Polish

• The Germans

• The French

Why did the US want to annex Texas?

• To clear their debt

• To fulfill Manifest Destiny

• To anger Mexico

• To have another slave state

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