Week 11 Quiz

The fragment "the right of trial by jury, that palladium of civil liberty" comes from which document?

Select one.

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Texas Declaration of Independence
• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty

The fragment "shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic" comes from which document?

Select one.

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Texas Declaration of Independence
• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty
• The Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the War of Independence

The pinned fragment "shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic" speaks of the residents it names. Which choice restates that passage in plain words?

Select one.

• They were required to leave for the Mexican Republic, and none of them could stay behind
• They could either stay in the places they lived or leave for the Mexican Republic whenever they chose
• They had to stay where they lived and were not allowed to move to the Mexican Republic
• They were sent to new homes chosen for them inside the Mexican Republic

True or false: when a treaty's own text and an archive's page heading give different dates, the course dates the treaty from the heading.

True or false.

• True
• False

True or false: the Texas Declaration of Independence is a treaty of peace between Texas and the Mexican government.

True or false.

• True
• False

Which choice lists the week's two roster documents in the order they were made, each with its year from the course chronology?

Select one.

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1836), then the Texas Declaration of Independence (1848)
• The Texas Declaration of Independence (1845), then the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1846), the years of annexation and war
• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), then the Texas Declaration of Independence (1836)
• The Texas Declaration of Independence (1836), then the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

Using the years in the course chronology, how many years passed from the Louisiana Purchase Treaty to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Select one.

• 45 years
• 44 years
• 46 years
• 12 years

In the pinned fragment "shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic", which conclusion stays within what the words show about the residents they name?

Select one.

• Every family the passage names kept its home and land in the years that followed
• The passage records what its makers promised those residents, so other sources are needed to learn whether the promise was kept
• The passage proves that those residents were treated fairly in the years that followed
• The passage shows that the residents themselves agreed to the new border

Which choice sources the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo by its document type and the host whose text the course reads, as the course roster records them?

Select one.

• A treaty of annexation; the National Archives
• A declaration; the Avalon Project
• A treaty of peace; Founders Online
• A treaty of peace; the Avalon Project

Which statements about the Texas Declaration of Independence match the course roster's record of it? Select all that apply.

Select every option that applies.

• Its document type in the roster is a declaration
• It is a private letter written by one delegate
• Founders Online keeps the text the course reads
• Santa Anna's government issued it to the people of Texas
• The Avalon Project keeps the text the course reads