Westward Expansion DC USH ABC-Clio Quiz

The U.S. acquired th4e land known commonly as "The West" through all of the following EXCEPT:

• War

• Purchase

• Colonization

• Annexation

The main impact of the Gold Rush on California was:

• Fresh claims on the California territory by European powers.

• A new wave of pro-slavery men eager to add California as a slave state.

• A much stronger position for the existing Mexican landholders.

• A rapidly growing population & California statehood.

According to the Texas Declaration of Indepence (1836), settlers first came to Texas:

• After defeating a Spanish army which controlled the region.

• As Catholic exiles from the U.S.

• After being invited by the Mexican government.

• With the party of Lewis & Clark in their exploration of the Louisiana Territory.

The Texas Declaration of Independence (1836) makes reference to the Congress of Coahuila in order to point out that:

• The neighboring congress has been well treated only because its members are Mexican.

• Their own seat of government has been dissolved by force of arms by the Mexican government.

• It is the repressive center of Mexican control over the Texans & their community.

• They will be forced to withdraw there if war should break out.

This Texas Declaration of Independence (1836) refers to the Mexican people in general, stating that:

• They have provided no help, despite the pleas of the Texans.

• They have simply accepted the destruction of their own liberty.

• As a people they are unfit for or incapable of self-government.

• All of the above.

The main dispute between the U.S. & Mexico before the Mexican-American War began could be summarized as:

• Uncertainty over the land between the Nueces & Rio Grande rivers.

• The introduction of slavery into Mexican territory.

• A fear that the U.S. might claim Texas as a state.

• A desire to control Mexican conquest & expansion into the North.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo did all of the following EXCEPT:

• Gave more than a million square miles of land to the U.S.

• Recognized U.S. control of Texas.

• Calmed an era of Mexican political instability by deposing Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

• Gave Mexico more than $15 million.

John Slidell was initially sent to Mexico to:

• Scout out possible invasion routes to Mexico City for the U.S. armed forces.

• Finance a rebellion against Gen. Santa Anna.

• Negotiate financial payments to Texans & to purchase California.

• Take control of a division of U.S. troops stationed near the Rio Grande.

A major issue related to the acquisition of the Mexican Territory after the war was:

• The volatile discussions about slavery in the newly acquired land.

• The cost of rebuilding war-damaged regions.

• The continued military resistance of Mexican people living in the now American lands.

• The claims that Russia & England had on parts of California at the time.

After being elected president of Mexico in 1833, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna:

• Expanded the Mexican state into what is modern-day Texas.

• Gave the right to vote to Native Americans living in Mexico.

• Weakened the national government by increasing the rights of the Mexican states.

• Closed the Mexican congress & became a dictator.