WorksheetsUnit 6 Early Statehood
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these were causes of the U.S.-Mexican War?
a)
Boundary disputes over TX/Mexico border
b)
TX annexation
c)
Mexico refusal to negotiate with the U.S.
d)
All of the above
2.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
Worked to end slavery
b)
Worked to limit slavery
c)
Opposed U.S. annexation to Texas
d)
Opposed trade between Mexico and U.S.
3.
What was the result of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
California was admitted as a free state and the rest of the territory voted on slavery.
b)
Mexico doubles its size.
c)
Texas was annexed to the U.S.
d)
U.S. completed Manifest Destiny.
4.
What did the Pearce Plan state?
a)
Santa Fe is the new capital of TX.
b)
New Mexico completed Manifest Destiny.
c)
Santa Fe would pay the U.S. $15 million in exchange for their land.
d)
TX would give up claims to New Mexico in exchange for $10 million
5.
What party represented farmers and workers?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
6.
What party opposed immigration from other countries?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
7.
What party opposed expanding slavery?
a)
Democratic
b)
Whig
c)
American/Know-Nothing
8.
Who was sent to Mexico to negotiate the boundary dispute and offer to buy California?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
James K. Polk
9.
Who was the President that accomplished Manifest Destiny by acquiring land from the Mexican Cession; Declared American blood had been shed on American soil?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
James K. Polk
10.
What general landed at Vera Cruz and captured Mexico City?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
James K. Polk
11.
What general moved his troops across the Nueces River; captured Monterrey and later defeated Santa Anna at Buena Vista?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Slidell
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
James K. Polk
12.
What is the current era we are studying?
a)
Civil War & Reconstruction
b)
Revolution & Republic
c)
Early Statehoood
d)
Age of Oil
13.
What document ended the U.S.-Mexican War?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Treaties of Velasco
c)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
d)
Pearce Plan
14.
What was the Mexican Cession?
a)
Territory the U.S. gave to Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
Ended the boundary dispute over the neutral ground between TX and the U.S.
c)
Territory Mexico surrendered to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
d)
None of the above
15.
On the map, the area marked by the circle includes-
a)
the capital of the state of Texas
b)
a major port for the early state of Texas
c)
one of the largest ranches in the state of Texas
d)
the site of the first battle in the war with Mexico
16.
Which number on the map reflects territory gained by the United States as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
17.
Which number indicates the location where many German immigrants settle within Texas in the 1840s?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
Which issue most likely influenced the voting pattern on the map?
a)
Battle of the Alamo
b)
Expansion of slavery
c)
Competition for rail lines
d)
threat of war with Spain
19.
Where did most slaveholders in Texas live?
a)
South and West Texas
b)
South and East
c)
East and North
d)
North and West
20.
What treaty resulted in adding the states of CA, AZ, NM, CO, WY, and UT to the U.S.?
a)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Treaty of Velasco
d)
Gadsden Purchase
21.
The events portrayed in the advertisement came about because of the
a)
Heroine of Ft. Brown
b)
Success of American arms
c)
Battles fought
d)
Annexation of Texas to the U. S.
22.
As a result of the U.S.-Mexican War, the southern boundary of Texas was--
a)
Designed as the Rio Grande
b)
Designed as the Nueces
c)
Designed as the Red
d)
Designed as the Sabin
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