In the year _________, Texas was annexed by the United States?

The vast majority of these people [African American Texans] were __________________.

Many immigrants came to Texas to escape conflicts and problems in their home countries. For example, in 1845 a terrible famine occurred in __________________ when a fungus destroyed potato crops

How did the cartoonist view the effects of the U.S.-Mexican War on Mexico?

Which political party strongly believed in nativism, or the belief in favoring the interests of native-born American citizens?

What does the painting represent?

The territory gained in the war raised new political issues in Texas and in the United States. Southerners wanted the newly gained territories open to ____________________. Many Northerners objected to that idea.

Which area on the map above was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?

Which area on the map above was purchased from France in 1803?

The annexation of which area on the map above caused a war with Mexico?

Mexico also surrendered to the United States all territory between western Texas and the Pacific Ocean. This area was called the __________________ _____________________.

Through the Pearce Plan, Texas agreed to give up its claims to ___________________ in exchange for $10 million. New borders were established for Texas by the Pearce Plan.

As part of the Compromise of 1850, the ______________________________ was adopted on September 9, 1850.

The United States paid $10 million for the area (a small section of Mexican land along the southern border of New Mexico and Arizona) that became known as the ______________________________.

The U.S. planned to use the land in the Gadsden Purchase for a transcontinental ____________________ to the Pacific.