Benchmark 2024 Texas

Texas became the 28th state on what date?​ (a)  

• December 29, 1845
• April 21, 1836
• February 7, 1861
• September 8, 1900

When (a)   was elected in 1844, he immediately moved to ​ (b)   the Nation of ​ (c)   into the USA. This was the first step in achieving ​ (d)   .

• James K. Polk
• annex
• Texas
• Manifest Destiny

After Texas was annexed there was a border dispute with Mexico claiming the ​ (a)   was the border and the USA stating the ​ (b)   was the border. Troops from both sides fought each other and soon ​ (c)   was declared.

• Nueces River
• Rio Grande
• war

This image is famous for representing?

a

Adding Telegraph lines

Manifest Destiny

Steamship development

Railroad construction

After the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, what happened the land that Mexico ceded?​ (a)  

• Became territories of the USA
• Immediately became states
• Went back to Mexican control
• Became part of Canada

Some ways we see Spanish influence throughout the Southwestern USA is ​ (a)   with Spanish names. Food, ​ (b)   culture are all found in places like ​ (c)   , New Mexico, Arizona and ​ (d)   which were all once part of Mexico.

• Cities
• Religion
• Texas
• California

Which answer best describes the outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• California becomes a free state.

• Mexico officially recognized that Texas is part of the US and the Rio Grande is the border.

• Texas goes back to Mexico.

• Texas joins the Confederacy.

Which of the following was NOT a region of the US during the period known as Sectionalism

• North

• South

• West

• East

What was the number one reason for the Civil War?​ (a)  

• Slavery
• Taxes
• Size of Government
• Imports

Thirty years before the Civil War, a major disagreement occurred over ​ (a)   or taxes on imported goods. The South hated these taxes and wanted to ​ (b)   them. The belief a state could ignore a law they didnt like was called ​ (c)  

• Tariffs
• Nullify
• State's Rights