Week 15 Studies Weekly Quiz

What is the idea behind manifest destiny?

• It was America's right and mission to spread opportunities and beliefs from coast to coast.

• We did not need to make the U.S. any larger

• We did not need to Annex Texas

Texas joined the United States as the _______​ (a)   ___ state.

• 28th
• 12th
• 41st
• 8th
• 11th

One of Polk's Goals was to add _____ to the United States.

• California

• New York

• Oklahoma

• New Mexico

What caused the Mexican-American War?

• Texas becoming the 28th state of the U.S.

• Mexico wanted California

• Mexico didn't want to pay the U.S. 15 billion dollars.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

• The Texas Army wanted to join Spain

• Mexico wanted to use Texas as a military base

• The United States purchased Texas from Spain

• Mexico and American Indians threatened the Republic of Texas

True or False: Mirabeau Lamar formed peace treaties with American Indian tribes

• True

• False

What treaty did Santa Anna violate in this passage?

• Treaty of Cordoba

• Treaties of Velazquez

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Santa Maria-Calatrava Treaty

What is a reason people in the United States did not want to annex Texas?

• Texas produced too much oil

• The Texas Constitution was illegal

• They did not want a was with Mexico

• It would isolate American Indian tribes

Why was Texas going further into debt?

• The Republic had no banks

• Taxes did not cover expenses

• No one would give them loans

• The government printed money

When did Texas become a U.S. state?

• 1835

• 1836

• 1845

• 1846