SS_Week15Assessment_Gr4
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- Q1
Study the diagram.
Which sentence best completes the diagram?
Mexico and American Indians threatened the Republic of Texas.
The United States purchased Texas from Spain.
The Texas army wanted to join Spain.
Mexico wanted to use Texas as a military base.
120s - Q2
Study the diagram. Which sentence best completes the diagram?
Mexico owed the United States money.
Texas was annexed to the United States.
The Republic of Texas was formed.
Texans won independence from Mexico.
120s - Q3
Explain why the Rio Grande is a good border between Texas and Mexico. Use observations from the map to support your claim.
Rivers are generally preferred as borders because they are a major part of the physical landscape and change course slowly over hundreds of years. The Rio Grande runs from the Gulf of Mexico very far inland, providing a distinct, long border.
Rivers should never be used as borders. The fact that the Rio Grande is the border between Mexico and the United States doesn't make sense. They should have made the bottom of Texas a straight line.
120s - Q4
President Mirabeau Lamar formed peace treaties with American Indian tribes.
falsetrueTrue or False120s - Q5
Whose presidency was dominated by the question of annexation by the United States?
Mirabeau Lamar
David Burnet
Sam Houston
Anson Jones
120s - Q6
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?
Treaties of Velasquez
Santa Maria-Calatrava Treaty
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty of Córdoba
120s - Q7
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?
Troops sleep at home with their families.
The officers study historic battles.
They do not need to be paid wages.
120s - Q8
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?
Countries are afraid of standing armies.
Troops sleep at home with their families.
Soldiers are always ready to fight.
120s - Q9
What is a reason people in the United States did not want to annex Texas?
Texas produced too much oil.
They did not want a war with Mexico.
It would isolate American Indian tribes.
The Texas Constitution was illegal.
120s - Q10
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.
Why was Texas going further into debt?
No one would give them loans.
Taxes did not cover expenses.
The Republic had no banks.
The government printed money.
120s