Chapter 10 & 11 Test

Who did NOT support Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828?

• Wealthy landowners
• Frontier settlers
• Small Farmers
• Slaveholders

_____________ was portrayed as a war hero who had been born poor and worked to succeed

• John Quincy Adams
• John C. Calhoun
• Stephen Austin
• Andrew Jackson

The Indian Removal Act moved Native Americans to modern day __________________

• Kansas
• Oklahoma
• Texas
• Colorado

How did the Cherokee try to adapt to white culture?

• had their own written language system developed by Sequoya
• adopted a government modeled after the U.S. Constitution
• joined political parties in the U.S. system to advocate for their own rights
• dressed as white people

The U.S. agreed to share the Oregon Territory with what nation?

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain
• Russia

Mexico was granted independence from Spain in what year?

• 1810
• 1802
• 1835
• 1820

_______________ an agent, started a colony on the lower Colorado River in 1822

• Stephen Austin
• Sam Houston
• Andrew Jackson
• John Calhoun

In exchange for free land, Mexico required what from settlers in the new colony of Texas?

• Settlers must become Catholic
• Settlers must pay a higher tax rate for goods
• Settlers must speak Spanish
• Settlers cannot own slaves

How did Mexico initially respond to Texas breaking the rules?

• They sent border patrol agents
• They instituted a Mexican government in Texas
• They banned immigration into Texas
• They declared war

What was the result of the famous battle, The Alamo?

• All Mexican soldiers were killed
• Huge Mexican defeat, the prisoners later executed
• Texans surrendered due to being outnumbered
• Texans fought to their death with all 200 soldiers dying