Spring Final Exam

What was the main reason tribes like the Comanche did not approve of the Treaty of Medicine Lodge?

• They wanted to be closer to the railroads.

• Because they hate the Oklahoma government.

• They did not want to give up their lifestyle of hunting and moving.

• They feared more wars between tribes.

This is the name of the period of time the followed the end of the Civil War.

• Building Era

• Reconstruction Era

• Rebuild Era

• Post Civil War Era

Treaties of Velasco?

• Ended the Mexican-American War

• Independence was given to Texas

• It gave independence to Spain

• The U.S. finally got control of California and Oregon

Why did MOST people from Texas WANT to secede from the Union?

• They wanted to be their own republic again.

• They did not want to pay federal taxes to the U.S.

• They wanted to keep their rights to owning slaves.

• They did not support the Mexican-American war.

As an outcome of the Treaties of Velasco, which river was set to be the border between Mexico and Texas?

• The Sabine River

• The Red River

• The Rio Grande

• The Ohio River

He supported the annexation of Texas to the United States, an idea that was very popular with the people of Texas. 

• Houston
• Lamar

He increased the Republic’s debt tremendously, by spending millions on the Indian wars and military expeditions to expand Texas’ borders.       

• Houston
• Lamar

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct
• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsen Purchase