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What issue divided opinion among Texans and Tejanos?

Slavery

Which of the following was NOT an effect the Battle of Alamo had on the Texas Revolution?

The participation of folk heros like Davy Crocket and Jim Bowie captured the attention of the American public.

Which statement about boomtowns is true.

Most boomtowns originated as mining camps.

How did the 1846 treaty between the United States and Great Britain encourage westward migration?

It settled land disputes over Oregon, and the resulting stability encouraged more settlers to move the territory.

What role did ranchos play in the growth of California prior to the Gold Rush?

They formed the basis for the region’s economy?

How did the concept of manifest destiny encourage Americans to move west?

It promoted the idea that it was the destiny of Americans to settle the western lands.

Which statement best characterizes interactions between Native Americans and pioneers traveling west in the 1800s

Most encounters were friendly.

What was one reason that Texans wanted independence from Mexico?

Mexico had banned American settlement in Texas.

Why did many forty-niners and other immigrants settle in California permanently?

They welcomed possible business opportunities.

Why did Texans support annexation to the United States after winning independence from Mexico?

Texas lacked developed economy and military.

What made California difficult for Mexico to rule?

California’s size and distance from Mexico City

What is individualism?

self-reliant independence

What increased the pioneers’ fear of Native American attacks?

fiction about the West that exaggerated such account.

How did many women benefit from settling in boomtowns?

Few laws prohibited women from owning property or businesses.

Which of the following best represents the concept of individualism during the era of Manifest Destiny?

mountain men

Why did northerners object to the annexation of Texas?

It would increase the number of slave states.

Why was the Gadsden Purchase important?

It added territory for a rail line from Los Angeles to El Paso.

Which of the following is true about the Wilmot Proviso?

It passed in the House but not the Senate.

Which event happened after the Mexican-American War ended?

The United States stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

What action by the United States led to the Mexican American war?

invading Texas

What territory did the united states gain from Mexico after winning the Mexican-American War?

land between the Rio grande and Nueces River in Texas - present day California, Nevada, and Utah, parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.

Which present-day state was obtained by the United States due to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Utah

Which of the following territories was obtained by the United States?

California

What prompted Native Americans to attack Spanish settlements in Tejas

trade limitations and suspicion toward missionaries.

How did Mexico differ from Spain in its policy toward Tejas?

Mexico welcomed trade with Americans.