Review 1

Which of the following occurred during the 1840's while Texas was an Independent Nation prior to the Mier Expedition

• Civil War

• Pineda Maps Texas

• The Santa Fe Expedition

• Spindletop oil discovery

After the Mexican American War of 1848 the United States received land that would become California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada. This land was known as the Mexican __________

• Answer

• Land

• Acquisition

• Cession

Before Texas was annexed as a state in 1845, there was a deal in place a year earlier in 1844 that would have had Texas join the United States not as a State but as a _____________.

• Country

• Territory

• Ally

• enemy

The belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

• Manifest Destiny

• Annexation

• Territory

• The New Deal

What was the MAIN reason for the United States and Mexico going to war against one another in 1846?

• Border Dispute at the Rio Grande

• Border Dispute at the Mississippi River

• Canada was an ally to the U.S.

• Mexico wanted to search for Oil in Texas

Mary Maverick's diary was used by historians as a source to understand about life in Texas in the 1830's, 1840's and 1850's. What type of Source would this be

• Personal Source

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Knowledge Source

The underground railroad was used by runaway slaves to escape from the South to the North. Which of the following was a conductor of the Underground Railroad.

• Mary Maverick

• Harriet Tubman

• Barbara Bush

• Franklin Roosevelt