Mexican-American War

Where was the traditional southern border of Texas?

• Brazos River
• Nueces River
• Rio Grande
• Red River

Whose election pushed forward the Annexation of Texas?

• Zachary Taylor
• John Tyler
• James K. Polk
• William Henry Harrison

Which fort was constructed opposite Matamoros, eventually becoming Fort Brown and Brownsville?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Polk
• Fort Texas
• Fort Hood

Who said, "Mexico has …invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil"?

• James K. Polk
• Zachary Taylor
• Windield Scott
• Abraham Lincoln

True or False:  The population in Texas decreased in 1845 because it joined the United States.

• True
• False

The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following except 

• California entered the Union as a free state
• All other states would enter under popular sovereignty
• US pays TX $10 million for land outside present day boundary
• Texas agreed to become a free state

Allowing states to decide by popular vote whether or not to prevent slavery is called

• cession
• permanent school fund
• veto
• popular sovereignty

The granting of land from one country to another is called

• cession
• permanent school fund
• veto
• annexation

Texas joined the United States as the 28th state in the year

• 1836
• 1845
• 1718
• 1824

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the _______________ river the boundary between 

• Nueces River
• Sabine River
• Colorado River
• Rio Grande River