Oregon Country and Texas Annexation Quiz

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: In the early 1800s, the United States, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia all laid claim to part of Oregon Country.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: After exhausting the beaver supply in Oregon Country, many mountain men found work as guides.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: In 1844 the Democratic Party’s campaign slogan referred to conflict with Great Britain over Oregon Country.

• True

• False

President Martin Van Buren agreed to annex Texas.

• True

• False

The Mexican ranchos had Native Americans working the land in exchange for food and shelter.

• True

• False

Match each item with the correct statement below: took the law into their own hands.

• huge mexican propertiesa

• Oregon Trail

• mexicans living in california

• Californios

• took the law into their own hands

• vigilantes

• Commander of Texan forces

• Sam Houston

• route to Western lands

• ranchos

What was the last country to challenge the United States’s control of Oregon?

• Britain

• Mexico

• Russia

• Spain

What allowed people from both Britain and the United States to settle in Oregon Country?

• joint occupation

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Country occupation

• rendezvous

Under whose presidential administration was the United States at war with Mexico?

• Polk

• Harrison

• Taylor

• Tyler

How many amendments in the Bill of Rights?

• 1

• 5

• 10

• 27