
SS_Week15Assessment_Gr4
Quiz by Cecilia A Perez
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Study the diagram.
Which sentence best completes the diagram?

Study the diagram. Which sentence best completes the diagram?

Explain why the Rio Grande is a good border between Texas and Mexico. Use observations from the map to support your claim.

President Mirabeau Lamar formed peace treaties with American Indian tribes.
Whose presidency was dominated by the question of annexation by the United States?
Read the passage from Studies Weekly:
In 1842, Santa Anna again led a group of soldiers into Texas. For a short time, the Mexican army held control of San Antonio, Goliad, and Refugio. Eventually, the Texans drove the Mexican Army out of the Republic, but the people of Texas were wary.
What treaty did Santa Anna violate in this passage?
Read the passage from Studies Weekly:
It was also the first time the U.S. had a professionally trained army. Officers were graduates of the military academy at West Point. The soldiers were not militia…. The army that fought in Mexico was made up of soldiers who had enlisted….
What is an advantage of creating a professional army?Â
Using the same passage from Number 7:
It was also the first time the U.S. had a professionally trained army. Officers were graduates of the military academy at West Point. The soldiers were not militia…. The army that fought in Mexico was made up of soldiers who had enlisted….
What is another advantage of creating a professional army?Â
What is a reason people in the United States did not want to annex Texas?
Read the passage from Studies Weekly:
…the Texas government had very little money. People paid taxes to the government, but it wasn’t enough to fund everything the nation needed. Plus, Texas had borrowed money during the war with Mexico and now needed to pay that money back.Â
Why was Texas going further into debt?