8th grade Conflicts with Mexico

How did the Land Act of 1851 affect Mexican Americans living in territories the United States won in the Mexican-American War?

• The Land Act of 1851 had no impact on land ownership.
• The law required Mexican Americans in Texas to prove they owned their land.

• The Land Act of 1851 protected Mexican American land rights.
• The Land Act of 1851 granted more land to Mexican Americans.

Which promise to Mexican Americans in Texas did the United States break after the Mexican-American War?

• The promise to build new infrastructure in Texas for Mexican Americans.
• The promise to provide free education for Mexican Americans.
• The promise to land rights of Mexican Americans in Texas.

• The promise to grant citizenship to all Mexican Americans.

What was one long-term effect of American actions in the lands the country claimed after the Mexican-American War?

• Immediate statehood for all new territories
• Economic prosperity for all regions involved
• Poverty among Mexican Americans who had lost their land

• Expansion of U.S. territory without conflict

Which statement would President James K. Polk most likely have made?

• The government should prioritize trade over territorial acquisition.
• We should focus on international diplomacy rather than expansion.
• Annexing Texas will help the United States fulfill Manifest Destiny.

• It is essential to maintain the current borders and avoid conflict.

Which statement would President James K. Polk most likely have made?

• Most settlers in Texas are Americans, so Texas should be part of the United States.

• It is not our place to interfere with other nations' boundaries.
• The government should prioritize trade over territorial acquisition.
• We should focus on international diplomacy rather than expansion.

Which statement would John Quincy Adams most likely have made?

• The United States shouldn't annex Texas because Texians don't want us to.

• We should go to war with Mexico to protect the Texians.

• The United States shouldn't claim Texas because it will lead to war with Mexico.

• Annexing Texas will help the United States fulfill Manifest Destiny.

Which statement would a Texian most likely have made about slavery under Mexican rule?

• Our economy can't survive without slavery.

• We are grateful Mexico has allowed us to keep our slaves.

• We don't need slaves in Texas.

• If slavery is outlawed, we will have to accept it.

Which statement would a Texian most likely have made about slavery under Mexican rule?

• We may not like Mexican laws that ban slavery, but we have to obey them.

• If Mexico won't let us keep our slaves, we'll become independent.

• Slavery is far less common here than in the United States.

• We are grateful to live in Mexico, where slavery is outlawed.

Which statement would a Texian most likely have made about slavery under Mexican rule?

• We will convince the Mexican government to let us continue owning slaves.

• The Mexican government may have passed the law, but we will ignore it.

• We should join the United States, even though they will not allow slavery either.

• At least Mexico is paying us for the slaves we must now free.

Which present-day state did NOT border redrawn with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• California

• Texas

• Missouri

• Arizona & Texas