Early Statehood & The Mexican-American War Unit 7 Test Review Early Statehood & The Mexican-American War

Unit 7 Test Review 1. Based on the excerpt above, the Democratic Party considered “great American measures” to be the expansion of American territory by acquiring _________________ and ________________. Oregon Texas

Unit 7 Test Review 2. According to this diagram, these two current American states were both formerly part of the country of ________________. Mexico

Unit 7 Test Review 3. The Early Statehood Era of Texas consisted of three main historical events. List each in the blanks below. Mexican War Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Compromise of 1850

Unit 7 Test Review 4. In the year _________, Texas was annexed by the United States? 1845

Unit 7 Test Review 5. The vast majority of these people [African American Texans] were __________________. enslaved

Unit 7 Test Review 6. On February 2, 1848, representatives of both governments signed a peace treaty at the town of ______________________________ _________________________. Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and accepted the __________ __________________ as the boundary between the United States and Mexico. Guadalupe Hidalgo Rio Grande

Unit 7 Test Review 7. Many immigrants came to Texas to escape conflicts and problems in their home countries. For example, in 1845 a terrible famine occurred in __________________ when a fungus destroyed _______________ crops, the main food of the Irish people. Many Irish left their homes for Texas. Ireland potato

Unit 7 Test Review 8. According to this excerpt above, support for the idea of Manifest Destiny would lead many Americans to favor the annexation of _________________ in 1845. Texas

Unit 7 Test Review 9. What kind of reading source is this letter above? How do you know? Primary source Because it’s a letter written by Captain Lee himself (in the first person)

Unit 7 Test Review 10. Based on the letter above, circle the best representation of how Robert E. Lee feels about the Mexican War? He questions the war.

Unit 7 Test Review 11. How did the cartoonist view the effects of the U.S.- Mexican War on Mexico? Mexico was humiliated.

Unit 7 Test Review 12. Which political party strongly believed in nativism, or the belief in favoring the interests of native-born American citizens? Know-Nothings

Unit 7 Test Review 13. Write the Cause and Effect that best completes the graphic organizer from left to right. CAUSE – Disputed Border between Texas/US and Mexico EFFECT – Rio Grande Becomes Official Border

Unit 7 Test Review 14. What does the painting represent? Westward advancement of the United States

Unit 7 Test Review 15. The territory gained in the war raised new political issues in Texas and in the United States. Southerners wanted the newly gained territories open to ____________________. Many Northerners objected to that idea. slavery

Unit 7 Test Review 16. Read the excerpt above. What is Lincoln asking the president to provide to members of Congress? He wants the president to show Congress the spot where blood was shed and explain whether it was really Mexican territory or not

Unit 7 Test Review 17. Analyze the graph above. Which answer best explains how the forced immigration of African Americans from other American states impacted Texas from 1849 to 1859? It created a modest economy that produced goods gradually. It created a very productive economy dependent on slave labor. It created an economy that could gradually wean itself from slave labor. It created an economy that was moving away from agricultural products. ANSWER “B”

Unit 7 Test Review 18. Which area on the map above was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War? Area 7

Unit 7 Test Review 19. Which area on the map above was purchased from France in 1803? Area 3

Unit 7 Test Review 20. The annexation of which area on the map above caused a war with Mexico? Area 5

Unit 7 Test Review 21. According to the passage, what do the Boston, Hartford, Cincinnati and Liberator newspapers oppose? The annexation of Texas into the United States.

Unit 7 Test Review 22. Mexico also surrendered to the United States all territory between western Texas and the Pacific Ocean. This area was called the __________________ _____________________. Mexican Cession

Unit 7 Test Review 23. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the _______________ ________________ was adopted on September 9, 1850. Through the Pearce Plan, Texas agreed to give up its claims to _______ ____________ in exchange for $10 million. New borders were established for Texas by the Pearce Plan. Pearce Plan New Mexico

Unit 7 Test Review 24. The United States paid $10 million for the area (a small section of Mexican land along the southern border of New Mexico and Arizona) that became known as the ______________ ________________. The U.S. planned to use the land for a transcontinental ____________________ to the Pacific.. Gadsden Purchase railroad