Texas Early Statehood

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I am the 11th president of the U.S and will ensure the country fulfills expansion westward.

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James K. Polk

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Between what two rivers did the U.S.-Mexican war start over?

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Rio Grande river and Nueces river

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The Mexican government recognized what river as the border between the U.S and Mexico?

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Nueces River

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To solve the issue of slavery in the Mexican Cession, Henry Clay drafted what legislation?

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Compromise of 1850

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What agreement ended the U.S.-Mexican War?

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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Why is the year 1845 important to Texas history?

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Texas is annexed into the U.S.

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In the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexico would agree to all of the following except:
- Paying the U.S. $10 million for the Mexican Cession
- Recognizing the Rio Grande as the border
- Accepting Texas annexation into the U.S
- Giving up California

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Paying the U.S. $10 million for the Mexican Cession

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Which of the following did not lead to the U.S-Mexican war?
- Territorial disputes between the Rio Grande river and Nueces river
- President Polk's desire to expand or achieve Manifest Destiny
- The annexation of Texas into the U.S.
- Mexico refusing to send aid to the U.S. after the war of 1812

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Mexico refusing to send aid to the U.S. after the war of 1812

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Which of the following was not included in the Compromise of 1850?
- Stronger fugitive slave laws
- Outlawing slavery in Texas
- Admitting California as a free state
- Abolishing slave trade in Washington D.C.

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Outlawing slavery in Texas

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Of the following which event is a push factor of Irish immigration to Texas? Potato famine, Black Plague, Irish Civil War, Slavery

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Potato famine