Manifest Destiny and The US/Mexican War

In what year did the U.S. annex Texas?

• 1848

• 1845

• 1846

• 1836

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 

•  Great Awakening 

•  Monroe Doctrine 

• Louisiana Purchase

Who did the Americans believed gave them the right to settle the entire continent taking land from Mexico and Native Americans?

• God

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• Chief Joseph

Why did the United States want Texas?

• To expand slavery

• Because it would be a very big state

• For the oil

• To keep it from Mexico

The war ended with 2 sides signing a treaty which took away half of Mexico's land. What was the name of the treaty?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Nantes

• Treaty of Paris

• Olive Branch Petition

The war with Mexico BEGAN with

• California's rebellion

• the Battle of Buena Vista

• a border dispute in Texas

• a US invasion of Mexico City

The purchase of Louisiana

• was a costly mistake

• doubled the size of the United States and gave control of the Mississippi River

• was opposed by western farmers

• led to war with Great Britain

The philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" stated that American should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the __________

• Mississippi River

• Rocky Mountains

• Pacific Ocean

• Great Lakes

Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase 

• Oregon Territory

 To take over territory and incorporate it into another political entity

• cede

• annexation

• treaty

• war