Chapter 12 Test Review

After Texas was admitted to the Union, the next step was to draft and adopt a ______________________________.

The Constitution of 1845 establishes the executive offices if __________ and ______________.

Mexico refused to accept the Treaties of Velasco because they claimed that Santa Anna signed the treaties only because_______________________________________________.

After Texas is annexed and Mexico threatens war, President James Polk sends _______________ to negotiate and ease ____________ between the countries.

The Treaty of Guadalupe establishes:

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___________________________________________________________________________________________.

The Compromise of 1850 has 5 statutes. They are:

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The Gadsen Purchase of 1853 allowed the U.S. to expand the __________________________________________.

What capital city would have been included within the Texas borders if Texas had been able to secure nearly half of New Mexico as they had wanted?___________________________

Abolitionist did not want Texas admitted into the Union because it was a  ________ state.

Before the fighting began between the US and Mexico, Mariano Arista moved his troops just north of the ______________.

Fighting began in the US-Mexican war in the ____________ __________ between Texas and Mexico.

The US wanted control of California and all the land between Texas and the Pacific Coast as a part of their ______________________.

**Study all of the vocabulary words from Chapter 12.

**Become familiar with the maps in your book on pages 272 & 279