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The group of people known as Dons were considered to be at the top of the social classes in California during the 1830's.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

In November 1845 President Polk sent John Slidell as a special envoy to Mexico City, where he was welcomed by Mexico’s new president, José Joaquín Herrera.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Native Americans on the Great Plains relied on agriculture for food, shelter, clothing, tools, and countless other necessities.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

By the mid-1830s, Stephen Austin had persuaded 1,500 American families to immigrate to California.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

In 1834 President Antonio López de Santa Anna declared himself dictator of Mexico.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The Texans won their first victory against the Mexican army in 1835 at an abandoned mission called the Alamo.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Stephen Austin was an empresario, a person given a large grant of land in what is now Texas in exchange for a promise to fill the land with settlers and govern it.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

In 1836 Texas declared its independence from the United States.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Who exactly won the Mexican-American War?
a) Spain
b) Mexico
c) United States
d) Texas

Frequent attacks by Native American warriors posed a major threat to wagon trains traveling west.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Due to continuing political instability in Mexico City, at the start of Texas’s War of Independence the Mexican army
a) had been replaced with an all-volunteer force.
b) lacked sound leadership, training, and support.
c) was able to purchase arms from Spain.
d) was well prepared to fight the settlers.

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a) .
b) .
c) .
d) correct answer

Although the newly independent Republic of Texas supported it, President Andrew Jackson made no move toward annexation because he did not want to
a) allow an additional slave state to join the United States.
b) increase North-South tensions or risk war with Mexico.
c) increase tensions with Native American groups.
d) raise taxes to defend additional territory.

During the decades after Mexico won its independence from Spain, the young republic struggled to establish a stable national government and
a) fought wars with Native Americans in its northern territories.
b) neglected its northern borderlands.
c) relied on its northern borderlands for protection from the United States.
d) ruled its northern territories with an iron fist.

In the Treaty of Fort Laramie, the United States promised eight Native American groups that specific territories of the Great Plains would belong to them as long as they
a) agreed to move to reservations.
b) allowed settlers to pass through peacefully.
c) assimilated into American society.
d) served in the United States War with Mexico.

Presidential candidate James K. Polk’s promise to annex Texas and the Oregon Territory and buy California appealed to Northerners and Southerners because it
a) achieved the dream of Manifest Destiny while avoiding war with Mexico.
b) expanded the country while maintaining the balance between free and slave states.
c) gave settlers access to new territory while protecting Native American lands.
d) set slavery in the United States on a path toward gradual emancipation.

During Texas’s War for Independence, devastating military losses at the Alamo and Goliad served to
a) convince the United States to enter the war.
b) persuade Texas leaders to restart negotiations.
c) spark a rebellion in Mexico against Santa Anna.
d) unite Texans in support of their new country.

The constitution drafted by Texans during their War for Independence drew heavily on the U.S. Constitution and specifically protected
a) states’ rights.
b) freedom of religion.
c) freedom of religion.
d) slavery.

After he was released from prison in July 1835, Stephen Austin recognized that further negotiation with the Mexican government was pointless and urged Texans to
a) accept the demands of Mexican dictator Santa Anna.
b) draft a constitution.
c) organize an army.
d) seek recognition from the United States.

Most historians would consider President James Polk to be an expansionist when it came to America's land.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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