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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe belief that Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean was called what?Manifest DestinyEmigrantsTejanoProtective Tariff
- 2. Multiple ChoiceMexican Dictator.Sam HoustonSanta AnnaNarcissa WhitmanBuena Vista
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the battle that the Texans won and captured General Santa Anna?The AlamoThe Battle of San AntonioThe Battle of TrentonThe Battle of San Jacinto
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Texans took positions in this old Spanish mission?Fort Buena VistaTejanosAlamoSanta Fe
- 5. Multiple ChoicePeople of Mexican descent born in TexasMormonsGaliadSiegeTejanos
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe president of the Lone Star RepublicJerry JonesAndrew JacksonSanta AnnaSam Houston
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in anothertejanossectionalismemigrantnomad
- 8. Multiple ChoiceSelf-appointed law enforcers, may deal out punishments without any legal right to do soforty-ninersrepublicansleadersvigilantes
- 9. Multiple ChoiceBecause James K. Polk favored expansion in the United States he won the presidential election in 1844. What was the democrats campaign cry that helped win the election?"Victory or Death!""Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!""Remember the Alamo!""Fifty-four forty or fight!"
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended which war in 1848?The Revolutionary WarThe French and Indian WarThe War of 1812The Mexican War
- 11. Multiple Choice$15,000,000 that the U.S. paid Mexico bought what lands?Oregon CountryThe Louisiana PurchaseTexasCalifornia, Nevada, and Utah
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIn 1853, the U.S. paid TEN MILLION DOLLARS for a strip of land that many Americans believed fulfilled their dream of Manifest Destiny. Who was paid and what was this purchase named?British-Oregon CountryFrench-Louisiana PurchaseSpain-Florida PurchaseMexico-Gadsen Purchase
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat choice below best fits the next item in the following list? 80,000...California...Gold...?Oregon TrailMormonsDiamond Dwellersforty-niners
- 14. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Brigham Young and Joseph Smith were the leaders of the Mormons?TrueFalse
- 15. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Due to religious persecution in Illinois, the Mormons traveled all the way to present day Utah and learned how to survive in the harsh desert climate.TrueFalse
- 16. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Brigham Young was recognized as the governor of Utah Territory by Congress.TrueFalse
- 17. Multiple Choice
True or False: I should study this map?TrueFalse - 18. Multiple ChoiceIndependent Texas was nicknamed this.Santa AnnaBattle of San JacintoLone Star RepublicRio Grande
- 19. Multiple Choice
Land that came from the Treaty of Guadalupe- Hildago where the US paid Mexico $15 million for an area that makes up the current states of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona
Mexican Cession
Gadsen Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Texas Santa Fe Deal
- 20. Multiple Choice
This was a narrow strip of land that is part of modern day Arizona and New Mexico that the US paid Mexico $10 million for because they wanted it to build the railroad.
Gadsen Purchase
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase
Texas Annexation
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819?Florida PurchaseThirteen ColoniesMexican CessionOregon County
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture?Florida PurchaseThirteen ColoniesMexican CessionOregon County
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture?Florida PurchaseThirteen ColoniesMexican CessionOregon County
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