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WorksheetsTopic 5 Statehood and the Civil War
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 19mins
Manifest Destiny was the belief that...
the United States was to expand all the way to Pacific Ocean by God's plan.
the United States wanted to join Canada.
slavery is protected by the Constitution.
Mexico has a rightful claim to Texas.
Why did Texas's annexation cause tension with Mexico?
Mexicans feared that Texans would attack Tejanos
Mexico was afraid of losing Texas as an ally
Many Mexicans felt that America would try to take over Mexico through Texas
Mexico wanted to take over Texas.
Which of the following would be a cause or reason for the US Mexican War?
racial discrimination against Mexican Texans living in US
slavery
US owed Mexico money
disagreement over the border and lands of Texas and Mexico
Which of the following ended the US Mexican War?
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Velasco
As a result of the U.S.-Mexican War, the southern boundary of Texas was —
established as the Rio Grande.
disputed for many more years.
established at the Nueces River.
marked with the building of a fence.
Which of the following describe how the Compromise of 1850 affected Texas?
Many U.S. southerners moved to Texas.
New and final borders were established for Texas.
Texas was divided into 3 separate slave states
Texas receives money for land and its debt is paid.
Why did people decide to move to Texas?
Events in Europe (like war) led people to other lands
Land was plentiful and cheap
Texas offered freedom from political / religious persecution
All of the above
What does G.T.T. stand for?
Get time together
Gone to Territory
Gone to Texas
Gone to Tutorials
Which port did most immigrants enter Texas from?
Matagorda Bay
Galveston
Lower South
Upper South
Two German Settlements were...
Fredericksburg and New Braunfels
Industry and Colorado
Guadalupe and Indianola
Lambert and Pedernales
The French settled in what City?
Bandera
New Braunfels
Hostyn
Castroville
Who came to Texas from the Upper South?
Regions of Texas
Non wealthy small farm owners
wealthy slave owners with large farms
People from the Mexican Cession
Who came to Texas from the lower South?
Regions of Texas
Non wealthy small farm owners
Wealthy slave owners with large plantations
People from the Mexican Cession
Why did the United States declare war on Mexico in 1846?
Texans wanted to take back the territory they had held during colonial days.
Mexico had invaded the United States and attacked American troops.
The United States wanted the diamonds that had been discovered in California.
Mexico wanted more money for the sale of Louisiana.
This color on the map shows land gained by the United States as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo.
yellow
pink
purple
green
This color on the map shows the land Texas gave up.
yellow
black and white stripes
green
pink
What is the main reason the Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought a month after the end of the war
The news of the end of the war had not yet reached South Texas.
The Confederate soldiers wanted to continue fighting.
The Union soldiers wanted to extend the war.
The soldiers were trying to end a slave rebellion.
The Confederate re-capture of Galveston was significant because it -
ended Gen Scott's plan to blockade the South.
kept an important port open.
led to the capture of the Rio Grande.
saved the Red River valley.
The Battle of Sabine Pass was an important victory for the Confederacy because -
it stopped the Union invasion of Texas through the eastern border.
it cut the Confederacy in half.
it invaded Arkansas by sending troops up the Mississippi River.
it ended the fighting taking place in Texas.
Which Texas newspaper headline BEST describes popular opinion during the Civil War?
The Union Must be Preserved
Texas Welcomes Indians as Citizens
We Must Fight for Freedom in Mexico
Citizens Divided on the Issue of Slavery
Why did some Texans on the frontier oppose secession?
They strongly disagreed with slavery on the frontier.
They relied on the Union Army for protection from the Native Americans.
They were rich landowners who wanted to employ free African Americans.
They didn't know what it meant to secede.
Following the American Civil War most former enslaved African Americans in Texas began making a living as —
ranchers
sharecroppers
cowboys
carpetbaggers
Which group of immigrants settled mostly in Central Texas?
the Dutch
the Germans
the French
the Portuguese
