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Module 12 Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

empresarios

1.

agents who were contracted by the Mexican republic to bring settlers to Texas in the early 1800s

b)

explicit

2.

fully revealed without vagueness

c)

Alamo

3.

Spanish mission in San Antonio, TX, that was the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution

d)

manifest destiny

4.

belief that the US should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean

e)

Vaquero

5.

Mexican cowboys in the West who tended cattle and hroses

2.

Match the following

a)

element

1.

a basic part of an individual's surroundings

b)

Californios

2.

Spanish colonists in California in the 1800s

c)

forty-niners

3.

gold-seekers who moved to California during the gold rush

d)

prospect

4.

to search for gold

e)

Placer miners

5.

a person who mines for gold by using pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock

3.

Match the following

a)

Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

1.

led a rebellion of impoverished Indians and mestizos against Spain

b)

Stephen F. Austin

2.

imprisoned for urging Texas statehood

c)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

3.

fought in the Texas Revolution and seized the Alamo

d)

James K. Polk

4.

11th president of the US, settled Oregon boundary with Great Britain

e)

John Sutter

5.

American pioneer who built a trading post on the California frontier

4.

Settlements in the northern parts of Spanish America were organized into three types. Match the settlement type with the correct description.   

a)

mission

1.

a religious settlement housing a small number of priests

b)

presidio

2.

a fort housing soldiers who defended priests

c)

pueblo

3.

a town housing Spanish citizens

5.
Why did the Texans declare independence in 1836?
a)
The Mexican army attacked the Texan army at the Rio Grande.
b)
Santa Anna placed additional taxes on Tejanos and Anglo-Americans in Texas.
c)
The Mexican army attempted to take a cannon from Texans in Gonzales.
d)
Santa Anna attempted to enforce Mexican authority over Texas and its residents.
6.
Which of the following battles were Texan victories?
a)
Gonzales
b)
the Alamo
c)
Goliad
d)
San Jacinto
7.
Which of these actions helped the United States fulfill the ideal of manifest destiny? Choose the two correct answers.
a)
claiming land in the Oregon Country up to 54°40’N latitude
b)
giving up claims of Spanish lands west of the Nueces River
c)
gaining Mexican territory following the Mexican-American War
d)
acquiring sole ownership of the Oregon Country south of 49°N latitude
e)
calling for the annexation of Mexican territory south of the Rio Grande following the Mexican-American War
8.

Put the following American land acquisitions in chronological order. 

a)

Texas Annexation

b)

Oregon Country

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase

1)
2)
3)
4)
9.
Which of these were contributions of Mexican Americans following the Mexican-American War?
a)
teaching mining and ranching techniques
b)
teaching corn and cotton planting techniques
c)
developing irrigation techniques in the Southwest
d)
developing dry farming techniques in the Southwest
10.
What types of economic opportunities did many women have during the California gold rush?
a)
They established mining camps and sold individual land plots to groups of miners.
b)
They made money doing laundry and cooking meals for miners.
c)
They owned the majority of mining companies and employed large numbers of miners.
d)
They made money prospecting and surveying possible new sources of minerals.
11.
Why did so many Chinese come to California between 1849 and 1853?
a)
Most planned to make money in the gold mines and then open businesses in California afterward.
b)
Most wanted to find work in the different industries opening in San Francisco.
c)
Most hoped to make money in the gold mines and then return to China eventually.
d)
Most wanted to find work on the new farms established near Sacramento.
12.
The California gold rush had many far-reaching effects. Select the four effects of the gold rush from the list below.
a)
California became a state in 1850.
b)
The population increased greatly.
c)
The transcontinental railroad was built.
d)
Farming and ranching became important industries.
e)
The price of gold increased greatly.

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