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Tensions with Mexico - Chapter 12 Closed

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was the traditional southern border of Texas?
a)
Brazos River
b)
Nueces River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Red River
2.

What document created the Texas claim to a border at the Rio Grande?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Velasco

3.
Whose election pushed forward the Annexation of Texas?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Tyler
c)
James K. Polk
d)
William Henry Harrison
4.
Who was ordered to lead an army into the Nueces Strip?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
Winfield Scott
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Robert E. Lee
5.
Who said, "Mexico has …invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil"?
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Zachary Taylor
c)
Windield Scott
d)
Abraham Lincoln
6.
Who demanded that the "spot" where "American blood was shed upon the American soil" be shown to be American soil?
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Zachary Taylor
c)
Windield Scott
d)
Abraham Lincoln
7.

Before The Mexican-American War, Texas declared its independence from _____________.

a)

Canada

b)

Mexico

c)

Spain

d)

Europe

8.

Texas became the _______ state of The U.S.

a)

28th

b)

50th

c)

30th

d)

25th

9.

Who was the leader of The Mexican Army?

a)

General Santa Anna

b)

General Jose Anna

c)

General Zachary Taylor

d)

General Winfeld Scott

10.

What were the Mexicans who wanted to break away from Mexico called?

a)

Tejanos

b)

Amigos

c)

Texans

11.

Manifest destiny meant that it was the nations destiny to ________

a)

make slavery illegal

b)

change

c)

expand west

12.

Where did the rebels raise the new Bear Flag to show they had taken control?

a)

San Francisco

b)

Sonoma

c)

Santa Clara

d)

Mexico

13.

Why was the Bear Flag replaced soon after the revolt?

a)

Mexican officials put an end to the revolt.

b)

The rebels did not want a flag.

c)

The flag was replaced by the American flag.

d)

The flag was replaced by the Mexican flag.

14.

What was on the First Bear Flag? (choose more than one answer)

a)

A bear

b)

A star

c)

A Stripe

d)

Words "California Republic"

15.

What is a republic?

a)

An area of land before it becomes a state

b)

The name of a popular magazine

c)

The bad guys in Star Wars

d)

A form of government in which people elect their leaders

16.

He was one of the most famous explorers of our state. He was known as the great Pathfinder.

a)

Kit Carson

b)

Jim Beckwourth

c)

John C. Fremont

d)

Jedediah Smith

17.
He was an American Army officer in the Mexican War. In 1846, he led 1,700 troops over the Santa Fe Trail to Santa Fe. He conquered New Mexico and moved his troops over to Los Angeles. He was defeated by the Mexicans at San Pascual in 1846.
a)
Steven W. Kearny
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
John Tyler
d)
James K. Polk
18.
He was a captain and an explorer who was in California with several dozen well-armed men when the Mexican War broke out. He helped to overthrow the Mexican rule in 1846 by collaborating with Americans who had tried to raise the banner of the California Bear Republic
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
John C. Fremont
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
Theodore Weld
19.

who wrote the wilmot proviso

a)

David Wilmot

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

James Polk

d)

John Brown

20.

What did the wilmot proviso say

a)

Slavery in the new territory

b)

No slavery in the new territory

c)

No slavery above 36, 30 North parrel line

d)

Slavery in the north

21.

What did James polk want to revert to?

a)

Missiouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Mexican war

c)

slavery legal in the north

22.

What year was the Gadsden purchase?

a)

1851

b)

1852

c)

1854

d)

1853

23.

The idea that we should own all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Manifest

b)

Manifesting the Destiny

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Destiny

24.

The forts that were built to protect the missions were called:

a)

missions

b)

presidios

c)

alcalde

d)

ayuntamiento

25.

Which of the following were the purpose of the missions? (Select all that apply)

a)

to convert the Natives

b)

to teach natives about Spanish culture

c)

to increase settlement in Texas (colonize)

d)

to ease relations with France

26.

Which of the following grew out of the mission system?

a)

Cattle Ranching

b)

Cotton Industry

c)

Oil Industry

d)

Railroad Industry

27.

 Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics

a)

Missions

b)

Presidios

c)

Rancho

d)

Hacienda

28.

A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised

a)

Mission

b)

Presidio

c)

Rancho

d)

Hacienda

29.
What is the purpose of the missions?
a)
To protect people from the American Indians
b)
To grow crops and take care of animals
c)
To convert the American Indians to Christianity
d)
To make leather goods and blankets
30.
How many missions were built in California?
a)
20
b)
18
c)
21
d)
25
31.
Who did Jose de Galvez choose to organize and build the Catholic missions in California?
a)
Father Juno
b)
Father Junipero Serra
c)
Father Juan Crespi
d)
Father Miguel
32.

Where was the first mission built?

a)

San Francisco

b)

San Diego

c)

San Juan

d)

New Spain

33.

Why were the missions started?

a)

to teach Spanish culture to the natives

b)

to colonize California for Spain

c)

to spread Christianity to Native Americans

d)

all of the above

34.

Sutter started building his fort in ________ to protect his settlement of land which he called New Helvetia.

a)

1843

b)

1849

c)

1800

d)

1820