PRACTICE QUIZ | U2CH2 | "Battling Over Borders"

Most inhabitants of Texas favored what plan for their newly independent republic?

• requesting admittance to Mexico as a state
• applying for statehood in the US
• remaining an independent nation
• developing a trade economy for Texas

What was Polk's "expansionist" campaign slogan during the Election of 1844?

• Fifty-Four Forty or FIGHT!
• Texas, No Matter What!
• Texas FOREVER!
• Manifest Destiny!
• Tippecanoe and Texas Too!

Why did northerners object to the annexation of Texas?

• It would support the Missouri Compromise.
• It would increase the number of free states.
• It would increase the number of slave states.
• It would create additional alliances with Mexico.

What issue was the center of controversy in the US after the Mexican-American War?

• Tariffs
• Native Americans
• Slavery
• Foreign Relations

What areas of land did the US offer to purchase from Mexico for $30 million?

• Texas
• Nueva Mexico
• Alta California
• Oregon Country
• Baja California

This set the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico, and in exchange for $15 million, Mexico gave up its northernmost territories.

• The Gadsden Purchase
• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Wilmot Proviso
• The Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Velasco

What treaty had given Texas its independence from Mexico

• The Gadsden Purchase
• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Wilmot Proviso
• The Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Velasco

The "disputed territory" in Texas that prompted the Mexican-American War was located between which TWO rivers? Please select BOTH of these rivers located in present-day Texas.

• Red River
• Nueces River
• Rio Grande
• Brazos River
• Sabine River

TRUE? or False? At the beginning of the Mexican-American War, Mexico's army held an advantage over the American troops due to their familiarity with the territories

• TRUE; the Mexican army fiercely defended its territories in the Southwest.
• FALSE; Federal troops from the United States quickly took the offense in the Mexican-American War.

Which area is associated with the Bear Flag Revolt?

• Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory
• Los Angeles, California
• Nueces River in Texas
• Sonoma, California