Manifest Destiny Vocabulary +

The war with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the United States a huge region from Texas to California

• Mexican-American War

• Texas War for Independence

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• Ninos Heroes

The 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation.

• Mexican-American War

• Texas War for Independence

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• Ninos Heroes

A Spanish mission converted into a fort, it was besieged by Mexican troops in 1836. The Texas garrison held out for thirteen days, but in the final battle, all of the Texans were killed by the larger Mexican force.

• Mexican-American War

• Texas War for Independence

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• The Alamo

People of Mexican heritage who consider Texas their home.

• Tejanos

• Ninos Heroes

• The Alamo

• annex

Six mexican cadets who fought to the death at the castle of Chapultepec to defend Mexico City from the Americans during the Mexican-American War.

• Tejanos

• Ninos Heroes

• The Alamo

• annex

To add a territory to a country. Such an addition is called an annexation.

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• manifest destiny

• annex

The belief that it was America's right and duty to spread across the North American continent.

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• manifest destiny

• annex

U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the U.S. and giving the U.S. full control of the Mississippi River

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• Texas War for Independence

• Mexican-American War

Territory of Oregon, Washington, and portions of what became British Columbia, Canada; land claimed by both U.S. and Britain. Treaty between U.S. and Britain ultimately settled the dispute over land in 1846.

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase (1803)

• Texas War for Independence

• Mexican-American War

A region of land; also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor

• justifiable

• divine

• territory

• annex