Which action provoked the Mexican War?

Polk ordered Taylor to station troops on disputed land.

What complicated the process of California becoming a state?

the slave states would be outnumbered.

In what way were the admissions of Texas and California to the Union unusual?

Neither spent any time as a territory before statehood.

Which was true of mountain men?

Their careers declined after men started wearing silk hats.

What U.S. military strategy proved successful in winning the War with Mexico?

American forces invaded Mexico from more than one direction.

Which is NOT true about Tejanos ?

Tejanos greatly outnumbered the American settlers in Texas.

What agreement marked the end of the War with Mexico?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Which national issue was the reason some people opposed the War with Mexico? ..the fear that..

slavery would spread into new territories

Which was NOT a reason most Americans went west?

They already had relatives in the West.

Which was NOT a reason that Americans traveled west?

to hire less expensive workers and start factories

What did Stephen Austin and Brigham Young have in common?

Both carried and founded new colonies in the West.

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1
Who commanded the Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo?
Sam Houston
Stephen Austin
William Travis
Brigham Young
2
Which action provoked the Mexican War?
Polk ordered Taylor to station troops on disputed land.
U.S. troops ambushed a Mexican outpost near the Rio Grande.
Mexicans refused to accept the U.S. offer of $100 million.
All are true.
3
What did people call rugged fur traders and explorers?
Mountain men
Mexicanos
Californios
Mormons
4
By what route did hundreds of farmers and missionaries travel to the Far West?
The Continental Divide Trail
The Libby Hill Trail
The Appalachain Trail
The Oregon Trail
5
What group of Americans sought religious freedom in the West?
Californios
Mormons
African Americans
Native Americans
6
What complicated the process of California becoming a state?
the slave states would be outnumbered.
Native Americans and Californios rebelled against the U.S.
African Americans helped the Native Americans & Californios
All are true
7
In what way were the admissions of Texas and California to the Union unusual?
Neither spent any time as a territory before statehood.
Both were admitted as slave states
Native Americans outnumbered the settlers in each state.
The majority in each state were of Mexican heritage.
8
What did James Marshall's discovery set off?
The Gadsden Purchase
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Alamo
the California gold rush
9
Which was true of mountain men?
Mountain men went into business with land speculators.
Mountain men refused to share their knowledge with others.
Their careers declined after men started wearing silk hats.
Some mountain men were Native American.
10
In which case did the United States settle for less land than it wanted?
the Mexican Cession
the annexation of Florida
the Oregon Country
the annexation of Texas
11
What U.S. military strategy proved successful in winning the War with Mexico?
American forces invaded Mexico from more than one direction.
enlisted the help of Tejanos & Stephen Austin's community.
President Polk selected Sam Houston to lead U.S. troops
America invaded Mexico by moving north from Central America.
12
Which is NOT true about Tejanos ?
Some Tejanos fought for independence from Mexico.
Tejanos greatly outnumbered the American settlers in Texas.
Tejanos were people of Spanish heritage who lived in Texas.
Most Tejanos had been in Texas longer than most Americans.
13
How did the gold rush affect the population of California?
White miners forced nonwhites off their claims.
Miners deprived Californios of their legal rights and land
Miners hunted down and killed many Native Americans.
All of the are true.
14
What nickname did Texans adopt for Texas after they declared it to be an independent nation?
Lone Star State
Panhandle State
Longhorn State
Tumbleweed State
15
What agreement marked the end of the War with Mexico?
The Alamo
the California gold rush
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Gadsden Purchase
16
What group of Americans sought religious freedom in the West?
Texans
Tejanos
mountain men
Mormons
17
What group mostly populated California before the forty-niners arrived?
African Americans
Mexicanos
Native Americans
Mormons
18
Who commanded the Texas army and was president of the Texas Republic?
Jim Beckworth
Jedediah Smith
Donald Trump
Sam Houston
19
Which national issue was the reason some people opposed the War with Mexico? ..the fear that..
another war would bankrupt the national government
Spain would enter the war as Mexico's ally
slavery would spread into new territories
the United States was growing too large to govern
20
Which was NOT a reason most Americans went west?
They were escaping trouble in the East.
They already had relatives in the West.
They wanted to improve their economic situation.
They wanted religious freedom.
21
Which was NOT a reason that Americans traveled west?
to escape their debts or other legal problems
to farm and ranch where land was plentiful
to hire less expensive workers and start factories
to find gold and become rich
22
What about the American settlers in Texas upset Mexican leaders?
Texans fought with Native Americans.
Many Texans became Roman Catholic.
Many Texans held slaves.
All are true.
23
What phrase did Americans use to explain their expansion westward?
Tenjeos
Assimilation
Manifest destiny
Californios
24
What was the land called that the United States acquired from Mexico?
The Oregon Trail
The Alamo
the Mexican Cession
The Rio Grande
25
What did Stephen Austin and Brigham Young have in common?
Both carried and founded new colonies in the West.
Both were mountain men who traded in furs.
Both were military heroes in the Western wars.
Both religious leaders traveled west to flee persecution.

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