Marking Period Benchmark Study Guide Part 2

What is the name of the Afro-Mexican president that freed Mexico from Spanish rule?

• Vladimir Guerrero

• Vicenete Guerrero

• Barrack Obama

• Bill Clinton

How were Afro-Mexican women treated during Spanish rule?

• They were the upper class

• Poorly

• They were the middle class

• They were treated equally

Who did Vicente Guerrero fight for in Mexican society? What two oppressed groups?

• The Poor

• Afro-Mexicans

• Irish immigrants

• Both A and B

What did Vicente abolish in Mexican society as president?

• Taxes

• Slavery

• American immigration

• Native Americans

What southwestern territory did American settlers begin moving to in the early 1820s?

• Texas

• New Jersey

• Maine

• Florida

Who controlled Mexico before 1821?

• Albanians

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

320 defended this building to their death. This building is...

• The Alamo

• Fort Knox

• Fort McHenry

• The Capital Building

Why did the US not want to admit Texas a state?

• Because they feared it would anger England

• Because they feared it would anger Mexico

• Because it would make the total number of states in the union too high

• All the above

What was the river that was the traditional southern border between Mexico and Texas?

• The Rio Grande

• The Nueces River

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Pacific Ocean

What river does America think the border between Texas and Mexico is prior to the Mexican-American War?

• The Snake River

• The Nueces River

• The Rio Grande

• The Gulf of Mexico