Texas, Oregon and Mexico Review

What was Texas Annexation?

• Texas becoming the 28th state of the United States
• Texas becoming a independent country
• Texas joining the Confederacy
• Texas joining Mexico

Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?

• Texas Revolution
• American Revolution
• US Mexican War
• Civil War

Who was President of the United States when Texas was annexed?

• President Polk
• President Tyler
• President Clay
• President Houston

What was one of the reasons many Americans wanted to annex Texas?

• Northern States wanted another slave state
• Oil production
• Manifest Destiny
• none of the above

Who was ordered to lead an army into the Nueces Strip?

• Zachary Taylor
• Winfield Scott
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee

The Mexican-American War ended with the signing of ______________________.

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• The Treaty of Ghent

• The Treaty of Taylor

The United State agreed to pay Mexico ______________ for the Mexican Cession of 1848.

• 15 million dollars

• 15 thousand dollars

• nothing

• 55% of its income

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct
• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

Texans fought for independence against what country?

• United States
• Mexico
• France
• Great Britain