Chapter 15/16 Test Review

  1. Name the battle that took place during the Mexican American War that happened in Texas?

PALO ALTO

  1. Apache, Coushatta and Kickapoo are all Indian tribes in what present day state?

TEXAS

  1. What was one advantage the Texas Rangers had during frontier warfare?

COLT SIX SHOOTER

  1. Why did the African American population in Texas grow heavily in the 1850’s?

SOUTHERN SLAVE OWNERS WERE MOVING TO TEXAS W/ THERE SLAVES

  1. What was the Mexican Cession?

TERRITORY CEDED TO UNITED FROM MEXICO

  1. What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
  1. MEXICO GAVE UP CLAIM TO TERRITORY BETWEEN NUECES & RIO GRANDE RIVER
  2. MEXICO RECOGNIZED TEXAS AS PART OF U.S
  3. MEXICO CEDED TERRITORIES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA TO U.S
  1. What was the most common cause of death to soldiers that fought in the Mexican American War? DISEASE
  1. What was General Scott’s strategy for winning the Mexican American War?

CAPTURE VERA CRUZ AND MARCH INLAND TO MEXICO CITY

  1. John Ford, John Coffee Hays & Ben McCulloch proudly served with the TEXASRANGERS.
  1. The main reason the Mexican American War was fought was what?

Issue over the border

  1. What did the U.S and Texas claim was the border of Mexico and Texas?

RIO GRANDE RIVER

  1. In 1845 most Mexicans were unhappy about what?

THE UNITED STATES ANNEXED TEXAS

  1. The branch of government that enforces the laws is the ____EXECUTIVE_____ branch.
  1. List 3 statements about the Compromise of 1850?
  1. TEXAS GAVE UP CLAIM TO 67 MILLION ACRES OF LAND
  2. U.S GAVE TEXAS MONEY TO PAY DEBTS
  3. CALIFORNIA BECAME A U.S STATE
  1. Which political party best represented the views of small business owners and farmers?

EXECUTIVE

  1. What was the main goal of the Convention of 1845?

TO CREATE A NEW STATE GOVERNMENT

  1. This branch of government that creates or writes the laws is the ___LEGISLATIVE_____ branch.
  1. The 3 branches of government are the __LEGISLATIVE____, ____JUDICIAL____ and ___EXECUTIVE___ branches.
  1. How did Texans feel about the banking system?

THEY DIDN’T TRUST BANKS

  1. The new constitution allowed woman to own ___PROPERTY____.
  1. What was the most popular of the political parties in Texas from the 1840’s to 1850’s?

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

  1. This group of people were not in favor of Texas being annexed into the United States because it would add another slave state to the union.

NORTHERN NON SLAVE STATES

  1. White males and ____TEJANOS_____ where the only group allowed to vote under the Constitution of 1845.
  1. The belief that the United States was destined to expand from coast to coast was called this.

MANIFEST DESTINY

  1. The major political issue concerning the annexation of Texas to the United States was this.

SLAVERY