Day 1-4 statehood quiz

Why would Texas need to write a new constitution?

• To create a government system

• To establish a bill of rights

• To declare independence from Mexico

• To join the United States

Who served as delegates to the Convention of 1845?

• Only native Texans and Tejanos

• Only people from the U.S.

• Mostly people from the southern USA, only one from Texas

• Only people from Mexico

What is the purpose of a bill of rights?

• To join the United States

• To declare independence from Mexico

• To establish a government system

• To protect individual freedoms

Who was excluded from voting?

• Women

• African Americans

• All of the above

• Native Americans

What did the U.S. claim to be the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico?

• Arkansas River

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande

• Nueces River

How did Manifest Destiny increase tension between Texas and Mexico?

• By promoting peace and cooperation

• By encouraging trade agreements

• By fueling U.S. expansion and border disputes

• Mexico was afraid that the USA was going to take over their land

What started the U.S.-Mexican War?

• Manifest Destiny

• Border dispute over the Rio Grande

• Mexican forces killing American troops

• U.S. expansion into Mexican territories

What role did the Texas Rangers play in the U.S.-Mexican War?

• They fought for Mexico

• They supported the Mexican forces

• They helped the U.S. army capture Mexico City

• They remained neutral

What became the official border between the U.S. and Mexico after the war?

• Mississippi River

• Nueces River

• Arkansas River

• Rio Grande

What land did the U.S. acquire in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Texas and parts of Colorado

• New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Texas and Colorado

• Nevada and Utah

• California and parts of Arizona