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WorksheetsWestern Expansion and conflict
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 25mins
Foreign recognition was important to the Republic of Texas because (a)
What was a major challenge for the Republic of Texas under Sam Houston?
conflicts about annexation
pay the national debt
worried about invasion from Mexico
conflicts with other countries
The U.S. was hesitant to annex Texas because-
the US did not need land
Canada wanted to grant part of its territory
the US did not want to anger Mexico, which still considered Texas as part of Mexico
1845 is an important date for Texas history because
Texas was added as a state of the U.S.
Texas won its independence
Texas becomes a republic
Texas gets recognition as a Republic
(a) is a belief in the 1840s that the United States was meant to reach westward across North America
What is #7 on the map?
Land gained from Mexico through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 for $15 Million
Land gained from France in 1803 for $15 Million
Land gained by annexing the Republic of Texas in 1845
Land gained by treaty with Great Britain in 1846 that splits it 50-50
Texas was annexed by the U.S. and becomes the (a)
(a) believed in Manifest Destiny and promised to add the Oregon Territory and Texas if elected president of the U.S.
Southern states plantation owners relied on (a) to do the hard labor in growing cotton.
Texas is annexed by U.S.
U.S. Mexican War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexican Cession
(a) this people were often harassed for opposing slavery
A system where each branch of government keeps the other branches from having too much power.
Limited Government
Checks & Balances
Individual Rights
Separation of Powers
The framers designed a system of checks and balances to –
Share power between the national and state governments.
Make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution
Make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.
Keep anyone branch of government from becoming too powerful.
Which constitutional principle is illustrated here?
Veto power
Separation of powers
The Amendment process
Checks and Balances
The U.S. Mexican War was the effect of Texas (a) , and (b) border.
Texas claimed the (a) river as the southern and western boundaries between Mexico and Texas.
Match the following branches
makes the laws
Legislative
enforces the laws
Executive
Interprets the laws
Judicial
The President and governor are part of the_______________
Legislative branch.
Executive branch.
Judicial branch.
