Texas Republic, Annexation, and Civil War Test Review

What did Sam Houston propose to solve the Republic of Texas's problems?

• make peace treaties with Native Americans

• use force and violence to make the Natives leave their land

• sell land to pay off debts

• build up the army to make Mexico back off

• make peace with Mexico by releasing their president

What did Mirabeau Lamar propose to solve the Republic of Texas's problems?

• make peace treaties with Native Americans

• use force and violence to make the Natives leave their land

• sell land to pay off debts

• build up the army to make Mexico back off

• make peace with Mexico by releasing their president

What year was Texas annexed to the United States?

• 1819
• 1836
• 1845
• 1861

The process of adding a state or territory to a country.

• secession

• annexation

• sectionalism

• compromise

The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America

• Manifest Destiny

• Bill of Rights

• Mexican-American War

• Gold Rush

Why did Mexico and The United States go to war?

• Texas was recently annexed by the US

• The US was expanding West because of Manifest Destiny

• The US and Mexico fought over the border between their countries

• all of these are correct

Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?

• Texas Annexation
• Gadsden Purchase 
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon Territory

True or False: Mexicans that were living on the Mexican Cession land became citizens of The US

• True

• False

Slavery became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because:

• The northern states tried to abolish slavery in the southern states
• The nation was expanding to the West
• The southern states demanded the end of slavery
• None of these

An agreement to solve a problem

• secession

• annexation

• sectionalism

• compromise