US-War
The president who pushed for war with Mexico.
Who is James K. Polk?
The territory bought from France that doubled the size of the US.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The 19th Century American term that stated it was obvious fate to occupy & bring democracy across the North American continent.
What is "Manifest Destiny?"
This was the name of both an important path to the West and an awesome video game.
The Oregon Trail
The document that signaled at the end of the American Revolution, giving the US a large amount of new territory
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The area gained, using native raids as an excuse for US invasion.
What is Florida?
A long-term effect of MD on the Natives.
What is a drastic decrease in the Native American population?
This religious group was forced West by persecution.
The Mormons
The amount of money the US offered to Mexico for the California Territory.
15 Million
The territory that set the US border at the 49°N parallel.
What is Oregon?
Two reasons that the US was leery of annexing Texas.
Texas was a slave state and feared war with Mexico?
This was the name of wide swath of land the Americans took at the conclusion of the Mexican-American War.
The Mexican Cession
The land annexed after about 10 years of being a new nation.
What is Texas?
What does the slogan "54 or fight" refer to?
The Territory the US believed was rightfully theirs
When did Polk start his presidential term?
Late 1844-1845
This was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican American War.
Guadalupe-Hidalgo