2020-2021 TX History Quiz!

In the 1850s a new political party, the ___, opposed the spread of slavery to new territories.

"Manifest Destiny" was the belief that the destiny of the U.S. was to expand from ___.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the _____________.

Most Native Americans were....

Most settlers of colonial Texas emigrated (moved) from ___________

In a matrilineal society, kinship (family) is traced through the:

Why did Mr. Arias ask these questions specifically today?

The defeat of the Aztec empire led to the Spanish becoming more interested in the New World. Why was this?

The states that seceded formed a new country named ___ and elected Jefferson Davis their president.

In what year did Mexico gain its independence from Spain?

Which group of cities best reflects Spanish influence on place names?

All of the following occurred as a result of the Louisiana Purchase EXCEPT:

What did the Spanish friars (priests) disagree on?

At the start of the Mexican War, President Polk declared that "American _______ had been shed on American soil".

The French were mostly interested in __________ in the New World

What is a major reason Americans were attracted to Texas?

_____________ was not only a private at the Battle of the Alamo but a legendary frontiersman as well

The U.S. forced many Native Americans out of their homelands and on to ___________________

The Union (North) had more of all of the following than the Confederacy (South) during the Civil War EXCEPT ____.

The Compromise of 1850 made Texas a slave state and __________________ a free state.

Who won the Civil War?

Southerners supported all of the following during the Civil War EXCEPT ____.

In the Mexican Cession, the U.S. received all territory between Texas and ______________ from Mexico