Early Statehood

The idea that the US was going to spread to the Pacific Ocean was known as

• Republicanism

• Manifest Destiny

• border dispute

• sectionalism

Who was the President of the US who supported Manifest Destiny?

• Sam Houston

• Abraham Lincoln

• James K Polk

• William B. Travis

What was the main issue that the North and South were arguing over before the Civil War?

• economics

• immigration

• taxes

• slavery

what does fugitive mean?

• someone running from the law

• a tax on imports

• someone opposed to slavery

• a supporter of slavery

Which immigrant group came to America to escape a potato famine?

• Germans

• Mexicans

• Irish

• Czech

What immigrant group contributed polka music and kindergarten?

• Irish

• Czech

• Germans

• Mexicans

What food do we get from Mexican/Tejano culture?

• Kolaches

• kolbasa sausage

• stew

• Chili

What river did the US believe was the border between the US and Mexico that caused the US-Mexican War?

• Nueces River

• Brazos River

• Rio Grande

• Red River

This land was gained from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Louisiana Purchase

• Texas

• Oregon

• Mexican Cession

What did southerners want to expand in the land we got from Mexico after the US-Mexican War?

• tariffs

• slavery

• taxes

• factories