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Western Expansion and conflict

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Foreign recognition was important to the Republic of Texas because ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
it would lead to annexation by the United States
Houston wanted to give Texas back to Mexico.
Houston wanted to sell Texas to Great Britain.
2.

What was a major challenge for the Republic of Texas under Sam Houston?

a)

conflicts about annexation

b)

pay the national debt

c)

worried about invasion from Mexico

d)

conflicts with other countries

3.

The U.S. was hesitant to annex Texas because-

a)

the US did not need land

b)

Canada wanted to grant part of its territory

c)

the US did not want to anger Mexico, which still considered Texas as part of Mexico

4.

1845 is an important date for Texas history because

a)

Texas was added as a state of the U.S.

b)

Texas won its independence

c)

Texas becomes a republic

d)

Texas gets recognition as a Republic

5.

​ (a)   is a belief in the 1840s that the United States was meant to reach westward across North America

Choose from the below words
Manifest Destiny
Annexation Treaty
Empresario
Treaty of Paris
6.

What is #7 on the map?

a)

Land gained from Mexico through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 for $15 Million

b)

Land gained from France in 1803 for $15 Million

c)

Land gained by annexing the Republic of Texas in 1845

d)

Land gained by treaty with Great Britain in 1846 that splits it 50-50

7.

Texas was annexed by the U.S. and becomes the ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
28th  state
17th state
36th state
23rd state
8.

​ (a)   believed in Manifest Destiny and promised to add the Oregon Territory and Texas​ ​if elected president of the U.S.

Choose from the below words
James K. Polk
Anson Jones
Sam Houston
9.

Southern states plantation owners relied on ​ (a)   to do the hard labor in growing cotton.

Choose from the below words
slaves
cowboys
planters
Europeans
10.

Reorder the following

a)

Texas is annexed by U.S.

b)

U.S. Mexican War

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

Mexican Cession

1)
2)
3)
4)
11.

​ (a)   this people were often harassed for opposing slavery

Choose from the below words
Abolitionists
Scalawags
Republicans
12.

A system where each branch of government keeps the other branches from having too much power.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Checks & Balances

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Separation of Powers

13.

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to –

a)

Share power between the national and state governments.

b)

Make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution

c)

Make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.

d)

Keep anyone branch of government from becoming too powerful.

14.

—Which constitutional principle is illustrated here?

a)

Veto power

b)

Separation of powers

c)

The Amendment process

d)

Checks and Balances

15.

The U.S. Mexican War was the effect of Texas​ (a)   , and ​ (b)   border.

Choose from the below words
annexation
Mexico-Texas
Treaty of Paris
capital
16.

Texas claimed the ​ (a)   river as the southern and western boundaries between M​exico and Texas.

Choose from the below words
Rio Grande
Nueces
Red
Mississippi
17.

Match the following branches

a)

makes the laws

1.

Legislative

b)

enforces the laws

2.

Executive

c)

Interprets the laws

3.

Judicial

18.

The President and governor are part of the_______________

a)

Legislative branch.

b)

Executive branch.

c)

Judicial branch.