Question Bank for Grade 8 Social Studies

the 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation

• Mexican-American War

• manifest destiny

• Texas War for Independence

• Tejano-Mexican war

the war with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the United States a huge region from Texas to California

• Mexican-American War

• manifest destiny

• Texas War for Independence

• Tejano-Mexican war

a region of land; also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor

• Mexican-American War

• manifest destiny

• Texas War for Independence

• territory

the belief that it was the United States' right and duty to spread across the North American continent

• Mexican-American War

• manifest destiny

• Texas War for Independence

• Tejano-Mexican war

heavenly or godlike

• diplomacy

• manifest destiny

• divine

• justifiable

done for a good reason

• diplomacy

• manifest destiny

• divine

• justifiable

the art of conducting negotiations with other countries

• diplomacy

• manifest destiny

• divine

• justifiable

someone who rules with absolute power, often harshly

• diplomacy

• dictator

• annex

• justifiable

to add a territory to a country.

• diplomacy

• dictator

• annex

• justifiable

Why were the city of New Orleans and the Mississippi River important to farmers in the early 1800s?

• They would use it to attack Texas.

• Farmers depended on the river to get their crops to the port in New Orleans, where they would load them onto ships.

• Farmers depended on the river to get soldiers to the port in New York, where they would load them onto ships.

• They would grow food for Haitian slaves.