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7th
grade
Manifest Destiny / U.S. Mexican War
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- 1. Multiple Choice
In what year did the U.S. annex Texas?
1848
1845
1836
1846
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?Manifest destinyMonroe DoctrineGreat AwakeningLouisiana Purchase
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why did the United States want Texas?
To expand slavery
For the oil
Because it would be a very big state
To keep it from Mexico
- 5. Multiple Choice
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 Paris
Treaty of Nantes
Olive Branch Petition
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe war with Mexico BEGAN withCalifornia's rebelliona border dispute in Texasthe Battle of Buena Vistaa US invasion of Mexico City
- 7. Multiple Choice
The purchase of Louisiana
was a costly mistake
was opposed by western farmers
doubled the size of the United States and gave control of the Mississippi River
led to war with Great Britain
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn what year did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?180318191845
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" stated that American should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the __________Mississippi RiverPacific OceanRocky MountainsGreat Lakes
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?Texas AnnexationGadsden PurchaseMexican CessionOregon Territory
- 11. Multiple ChoiceTo take over territory and incorporate it into another political entitycedeannexationtreatywar
- 12. Multiple Choice“Mr. Manifest Destiny”; added more territory to the United States than any other President.JeffersonJacksonMonroePolk
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe U.S. annexed the this place in 1845, eventually causing the Mexican-American War. Letter C on the map.MissouriRepublic of TexasOregonCalifornia
- 14. Multiple Choice
When the United States annexed Texas, Texas became the __________ state.
14th
1st
20th
28th
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Mexican-American War ended with the signing of ______________________.
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Taylor
- 16. Multiple Choice
The United State agreed to pay Mexico ______________ for the Mexican Cession of 1848.
15 million dollars
15 thousand dollars
nothing
55% of its income
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?All of these answers are correctThe U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundaryAmerica's continued desire to achieve manifest destinyThe U.S. recently annexed Texas
- 18. Multiple ChoiceMexico considered the southern boundary of Texas to be the _____ River while Texas maintained the border was at the Rio Grande.BrazosNuecesColoradoGuadalupe
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Compromise of 1850 settled the issue of _____.taxes owed to MexicoStatehood of TexasThe Texas Border with New MexicoThe U.S. Mexican War
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which river did the United States say the U.S.- Mexican border should be?
Rio Grande
Nueces River
Guadalupe River
Sabine River
- 21. Multiple Choice
Mexico considered the boundary of Texas to be the _____ River
Brazos
Nueces
San Antonio
Guadalupe
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