THE HISTORY OF MEXICO EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
1521 - Correct Answers -Tenichtitlan fell to the Spanish and their allies led by Hernan
Cortes
1535 - Correct Answers -Spain officially established the colony of New Spain
1542 - Correct Answers -Spanish authorities declared slavery of indigenous people
illegal
September 16, 1810 - Correct Answers -Date celebrated as Mexico's Independence
Day
1836 - Correct Answers -Texan settlers declared independence from Mexico
1845 - Correct Answers -Texas becomes the 28th state of the United States of America
1848 - Correct Answers -Mexican government signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1910 - Correct Answers -Mexican Revolution begins
Indigenous people/ freed Africans - Correct Answers -Very few opportunities for social
or economic advancement. Indigenous- native.
Haciendas - Correct Answers -Large estates given to wealthy Spaniards by the Spanish
crown.
Jose Orozco - Correct Answers -Painted Absorption of the Indian in 1927 (Naked man
and woman different colors). The mural represents the mythical first coupling of a
Spanish man and Indian woman. Cortes and Dona Maria symbolize the blending of the
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
1521 - Correct Answers -Tenichtitlan fell to the Spanish and their allies led by Hernan
Cortes
1535 - Correct Answers -Spain officially established the colony of New Spain
1542 - Correct Answers -Spanish authorities declared slavery of indigenous people
illegal
September 16, 1810 - Correct Answers -Date celebrated as Mexico's Independence
Day
1836 - Correct Answers -Texan settlers declared independence from Mexico
1845 - Correct Answers -Texas becomes the 28th state of the United States of America
1848 - Correct Answers -Mexican government signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1910 - Correct Answers -Mexican Revolution begins
Indigenous people/ freed Africans - Correct Answers -Very few opportunities for social
or economic advancement. Indigenous- native.
Haciendas - Correct Answers -Large estates given to wealthy Spaniards by the Spanish
crown.
Jose Orozco - Correct Answers -Painted Absorption of the Indian in 1927 (Naked man
and woman different colors). The mural represents the mythical first coupling of a
Spanish man and Indian woman. Cortes and Dona Maria symbolize the blending of the