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- 1. Multiple Choice
True or False: The population in Texas decreased in 1845 because it joined the United States.TrueFalse - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe Compromise of 1850 included all of the following exceptCalifornia entered the Union as a free stateAll other states would enter under popular sovereigntyUS pays TX $10 million for land outside present day boundaryTexas agreed to become a free state
- 3. Multiple ChoiceTexas used the $10 million toPay of their debt completelySet aside $2 million in a permanent school fundBoth of these answers are correctNeither of these answers are correct
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAllowing states to decide by popular vote whether or not to prevent slavery is calledcessionpermanent school fundvetopopular sovereignty
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe granting of land from one country to another is calledcessionpermanent school fundvetoannexation
- 6. Multiple ChoiceTexas joined the United States as the 28th state in the year1836184517181824
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the _______________ river the boundary betweenNueces RiverSabine RiverColorado RiverRio Grande River
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho were known as "los diablos Tejanos" during the Mexican American War?Mexican solidersAmerican SolidersTexas RangersNone of these
- 9. Multiple ChoiceTexas got its well-known shape due to theTreaty of VelascoTreaty of Guadulupe HidalgoMexican CessionCompromise of 1850
- 10. Multiple ChoiceSlavery became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because:The northern states tried to abolish slavery in the southern statesThe nation was expanding to the WestThe southern states demanded the end of slaveryNone of these
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAll were impacts of the Mexican-American War EXCEPTIt gave the US its manifest destinyIt became a training ground forthe future Civil War generalsIt united AmericaForced decisions about new lands being free or slave states
- 12. Multiple ChoiceTexas joined the United States through a process calledexpeditionvetoannexationjoint resolution
- 13. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: The United States had better weapons during the Mexican-American War.TrueFalseI don't know
- 14. Multiple Choice----- had better generals during the Mexican-American War.MexicoUnited StatesI don't know
- 15. Multiple Choice----- had better supplies during the Mexican-American War.MexicoUnited StatesI don't know
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