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WorksheetsTensions with Mexico - Chapter 12 Closed
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 18mins
What document created the Texas claim to a border at the Rio Grande?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Velasco
Before The Mexican-American War, Texas declared its independence from _____________.
Canada
Mexico
Spain
Europe
Texas became the _______ state of The U.S.
28th
50th
30th
25th
Who was the leader of The Mexican Army?
General Santa Anna
General Jose Anna
General Zachary Taylor
General Winfeld Scott
What were the Mexicans who wanted to break away from Mexico called?
Tejanos
Amigos
Texans
Manifest destiny meant that it was the nations destiny to ________
make slavery illegal
change
expand west
Where did the rebels raise the new Bear Flag to show they had taken control?
San Francisco
Sonoma
Santa Clara
Mexico
Why was the Bear Flag replaced soon after the revolt?
Mexican officials put an end to the revolt.
The rebels did not want a flag.
The flag was replaced by the American flag.
The flag was replaced by the Mexican flag.
What was on the First Bear Flag? (choose more than one answer)
A bear
A star
A Stripe
Words "California Republic"
What is a republic?
An area of land before it becomes a state
The name of a popular magazine
The bad guys in Star Wars
A form of government in which people elect their leaders
He was one of the most famous explorers of our state. He was known as the great Pathfinder.
Kit Carson
Jim Beckwourth
John C. Fremont
Jedediah Smith
who wrote the wilmot proviso
David Wilmot
John C. Calhoun
James Polk
John Brown
What did the wilmot proviso say
Slavery in the new territory
No slavery in the new territory
No slavery above 36, 30 North parrel line
Slavery in the north
What did James polk want to revert to?
Missiouri Compromise of 1820
Mexican war
slavery legal in the north
What year was the Gadsden purchase?
1851
1852
1854
1853
The idea that we should own all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest
Manifesting the Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Destiny
The forts that were built to protect the missions were called:
missions
presidios
alcalde
ayuntamiento
Which of the following were the purpose of the missions? (Select all that apply)
to convert the Natives
to teach natives about Spanish culture
to increase settlement in Texas (colonize)
to ease relations with France
Which of the following grew out of the mission system?
Cattle Ranching
Cotton Industry
Oil Industry
Railroad Industry
Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics
Missions
Presidios
Rancho
Hacienda
A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised
Mission
Presidio
Rancho
Hacienda
Where was the first mission built?
San Francisco
San Diego
San Juan
New Spain
Why were the missions started?
to teach Spanish culture to the natives
to colonize California for Spain
to spread Christianity to Native Americans
all of the above
Sutter started building his fort in ________ to protect his settlement of land which he called New Helvetia.
1843
1849
1800
1820
