Week 19-22

Question 0

What is the meaning of Constituion?

Answer 0

Set of written rules

Question 1

In 1845 Texas needed a new set of written rules because______

Answer 1

it had just became a part of the United States of America

Question 2

Why was Jose Antonio Navarro selected to help write the new constitution?

Answer 2

People respected him

Question 3

Causes of the Mexican War?

Answer 3

Mexico believed TX still belonged to them.
Mexico refused to sell the land to the US.
Mexico and the US didn’t agree on boundary lines.
President Polk declared Mexico had invaded the US.

Question 4

What does the word ‘skirmish’ mean?

Answer 4

a small battle

Question 5

Some Texans wanted to give land to soldiers in order to _________

Answer 5

encourage men to fight against the Mexicans

Question 6

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ___________

Answer 6

Gave the United States a great deal of land.

Question 7

What does the statement “few people are shocked” mean?

Answer 7

they are not surprised

Question 8

At the end of the article “Jane McManus Cazneau: War Correspondent” _____________

Answer 8

Jane is still a hero to many people

Question 9

Jake’s family didn’t bring the piano along because

Answer 9

it would not fit on the wagon

Question 10

Why did the family from Tennessee turn around and go back home?

Answer 10

The trip had been harder than they thought it would be.

Question 11

When Jake’s family crossed the river the reader can tell that Ma _____.

Answer 11

is concerned about their safety

Question 12

The author of “Texas in the Civil War” organizes the story by____.

Answer 12

explaining main ideas about Texas during the Civil War and supporting those ideas with details.

Question 13

What does the word plantation mean?

Answer 13

A very large farm.

Question 14

After Lincoln was elected president of the United States, Southerners were afraid that _________.

Answer 14

a law might be passed to end slavery.

Question 15

True or False? Most Texans wanted to help the war cause.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

When the article states that Mollie “put her life on the line” this means she__________

Answer 16

could have been in danger.

Question 17

Why didn’t the Union soldiers think Mollie was a spy?

Answer 17

Her disguise was believable.

Question 18

Paragraph 1 in “Comparing North and South Economies” was mainly about _________

Answer 18

how people in different parts of the United States made money.

Question 19

Paragraph 3 in “The best day of my life” is mainly about________

Answer 19

how Mr. Smith explained the slaves were free

Question 20

How does mama probably feel as soon as she learns the news of their freedom?

Answer 20

happy

Question 21

Mama and Sally haven’t seen Papa in a long time because_____.

Answer 21

he works on another plantation

Question 22

Why was the Emancipation Proclamation important to people in the United States?

Answer 22

It ended slavery in the United States.

Question 23

What does the word reconstruction mean?

Answer 23

To build again

Question 24

Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau established?

Answer 24

to help freed slaves improve their lives.

Question 25

The reader can tell that Edmund Davis _________.

Answer 25

was not liked by many people.

Question 26

True or False? Matthew Gaines organize a voters’ registration meeting.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

How can you tell that Matthew was not happy as a slave?

Answer 27

When he was sold again at the age of 23, Matthew tried to escape again.