Mexican Cession

Which sentence best describes Manifest Destiny?

• The United States should not acquire Texas.
• The united States needed to compete for trade with Asia.
• The United States was meant to share North America with England and France.
• the United States had the right to settle North America from coast to coast.

Which of these was a part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• The Mexican Cession was split between the United States and Mexico.
• Mexico made a $15 million payment to cover claims of US citizens against Mexico.
• The boundary between the United States and Mexico was settled.
• Mexicans living in the area of Mexican Cession could become US citizens

What was one outcome of the US-Mexican War?

• The United States gained control of the Oregon Country.
• Mexico gave up all claims to Texas.
• Texas and the new territories had to give up slavery.
• Mexicans living in the new territories had to move to Mexico.

What was the rallying cry of people fighting for Texas' independence?

• Remember the Alamo
• Remember San Jacinto
• Remember the Raiders stink
• Remember the Tejanos

Destiny means _____

• fate
• past
• fast
• God

Who did Mexico gain independence from?

• England
• the United States
• Spain
• Portugal

_______ is the idea that God wanted America to have land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• Providence
• The Spoils System
• Manifest Destiny
• The Shining She

Most Mexicans in the 1800s were _____.

• Protestant
• Catholic
• Mormon
• Jewish

In US history, adding on a state to the rest of the country is known as _____.

• providence
• annexation
• manifest destiny
• secession

What river did the Uniteds States feel was the boundary to Texas?

• The Nueces River
• The Mississippi River
• The Rio Grande
• The Nile River