1) What was the nickname given to the independent Texas? a) Texas Roadhouse b) Lone Star Republic c) Texas Country d) Tejano Nation 2) Individuals who took the law into their own hands were called: a) emigrants b) annexers c) vigilantes d) Tejanos 3) What do you call people that leave a country to move elsewhere? a) emigrants b) vigilantes c) Tejanos d) rancheros 4) Who was the President of the Lone Star Republic? a) Santa Anna b) Davy Crockett c) Jim Bowie d) Sam Houston 5) To add on to one's territory a) annex b) enlighten c) emigrate d) defend 6) A person of Mexican descent, born in Texas a) ranchero b) emigrant c) vigilante d) Tejano 7) The Texan victory and capture of General Santa Anna a) Battle of San Jacinto b) Alamo c) Lone Star Republic d) Sam Houston 8) Site of Mexican seige and victory against 150 Texans a) Alamo b) Battle of San Jacinto c) Lone Star Republic d) Santa Anna 9) Dictator with complete power a) Sam Houston b) Santa Anna c) Tejano d) Alamo 10) Which of the following explains why James K. Polk was elected president in 1844? a) He supported expanding the country west and favored the idea of Manifest Destiny b) He did NOT want to add Texas and Oregon because he felt it would be too expensive c) He wanted to go to war with Britain so that the U.S. could acquire Oregon d) He was considered one of the top Whig party candidates in the country 11) In the 1840s, Manifest Destiny was the belief that... a) The United States government should negotiate with all countries regarding trade b) The United States government should give specific lands back to the Native Americans c) Americans had the right and the duty to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean d) Americans had the right to demand all new states pay their share of federal taxes 12) What was the name given to the treaty that ended the Mexican War in 1848? a) The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo b) The Treaty of Mexican Cession c) The Treaty of the Rio Grande d) The Treaty of Paris II 13) The United States had to pay Mexico $15 million in exchange for: a) Lands that included Florida and Georgia b) Lands that included Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho c) Lands that included Oregon Territory d) Lands that included California, Nevada, and Utah 14) The United States paid Mexico $10 million dollars for a small strip of land known as the Gadsden Purchase. Many Americans now felt the country had fulfilled its dream of... a) Manifest Destiny b) Improved relations with Mexico c) Becoming a world superpower d) None of the above 15) Which of the following statements BEST explains the term "forty-niners?" a) Young men who traveled to California to seek their fortune in the cattle industry in 1849 b) Native Americans, who in 1849, settled in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California c) More than 80,000 people who traveled to California in 1849 to seek their fortune in gold d) Californians who signed a treaty with the Mexican government in 1849 16) Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Mormon settlers in the 1840s and 1850s? a) Their leaders included Brigham Young and Joseph Smith b) Due to religious persecution in Illinois, the Mormons traveled all the way to present day Utah and learned how to survive in the harsh desert climate c) Congress recognized Brigham Young as the governor of Utah Territory d) Due to the desert climate, the Mormons were unable to farm and had to move to California

Unit 4 (Expansion) Summative Review

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