Early Statehood Review Quiz

What year was Texas annexed into the US?

What was the outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Texas gained independence from Mexico

• Americans agreed to admit Texas into the Union

• The US gained the Gadsden territory

• Officially ended the Mexican War between Mexico & the US

Name an effect that the Compromise of 1850 had on Texas

• Many US southerners moved to Texas

• Texas had new borders established

• Texas was admitted into the US Union

• The practice of enslaving people was expanded

As a result of the US-Mexican War, which river was established as the Southern boundary of Texas?

• Rio Grande

• Sabine

• Nueces

• Red

Which of the following motivated President Polk to favor admitting Texas into the Union?

• His belief in Manifest Destiny

• His goal of peace with foreign powers

• His anger with the government of Mexico

• His desire to limit the expansion of slavery

Select the number on the map that reflects territory gained by the US as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Where did many German immigrants settle within Texas in the 1840s?

• Northern Texas

• Southern Texas

• Central Texas (Middle of TX)

• West Texas

California, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada were some of the states that were formed by what land given up by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• The Treaty of Velasco

• The Annexation of Texas

• Mexican Cession

• The Joint Resolution

How much money did the US pay Mexico for land in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• 5 million

• 10 million

• 15 million

• 150 million

Sequence the following:

1. Mexico City is captured

2. Taylor is sent by Polk to contested territory

3. Treaty is signed

4. Santa Anna halts advance but loses many and retreats

• 4, 2, 3, 1

• 2, 4, 1, 3

• 2, 3, 1, 4

• 2, 1, 4 , 3