Early Statehood Retake

Match the following with the correct branch of government.

• Enforces laws

• Executive

• Interprets laws

• Legislative

• Makes laws

• Judicial

What did Texas delegates use as a guide when creating the Texas State Constitution of 1845?

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• British Constitution

• Mexican Constitution

What letter represents the Mexican Cession?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What letter represents Texas' annexation?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Texas was annexed because of the U.S.' belief in what?

• Manifest Destiny

• Isolationism

• Monroe Doctrine

• Industrialization

The U.S. said Texas' border was located at the _______ River, while Mexico said it was at the _______ River.

• Rio Grande, Nueces

• Mississippi, Colorado

• Red, Arkansas

• Brazos, Trinity

President Polk sent troops to the disputed territory, and the conflict there with Mexican soldiers led to what war?

• U.S.-Mexican War

• Spanish-American War

• War of 1812

• American Civil War

The document that ended the U.S.-Mexican War in 1848 is known as?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Ghent

The addition of the Mexican Cession impacted the issue of slavery in the U.S. by:

• Expanding territories where slavery was allowed, leading to increased tensions between free and slave states.

• Resolving the issue of slavery by banning it in all new territories acquired.

• Having no significant impact on the issue of slavery in the U.S.

• Leading to the immediate abolition of slavery in the newly acquired territories.

Which compromise was created to maintain a balance between free and slave states?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Three-Fifths Compromise