Review Early Statehood

1. branch of government is in charge of making laws for

our state and U.S.?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• None of the branches make the laws

2. We the people " People power" right to vote means?

• limited government

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• Executive

3. What other constitution served as a guide when Texas was writing a new state constitution?

• United States

• Louisiana

• Tennessee

• All the above

4. In what year was Texas annexed to the U.S.?

• 1492

• 1900

• 1845

• 1821

5. Branch of government that ENFORCES the laws

U.S.?

• Congress

• Legislative

• Executive

• None

6. What was the idea or concept of moving coast to coast?

• Moving to the West

• Manifest Destiny

• Migrating of people across North America

• All the Above

7. What river did MEXICO claim was

their boundary?

• the Nueces River

• Red River

• Rio Grande

• El Indio

8. After the annexation of Texas, U.S. President James K. Polk sent American troops to 

which area?

• San Antonio

• Corpus Christi

• Dallas

• New York

9. In what year did the Mexican-American War Begin?

• 1845

• 1846

• 1847

• 1849

10. Name of the river that became the permanent boundary between the U.S. 

and Mexico?

• the Mississippi River

• the Rio Grande River

• the Santa Fe River

• Florida River