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This Alamo-fighter had a large hunting knife named after him.
Who is James Bowie?
This future president invaded and took the Florida Territory without permission.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This territory was purchased for about 4 cents per acre.
What is Louisiana?
"Converts" are people who accept a new _____.
What is religion?
A flag of this color means that "no mercy will be shown" if the other side doesn't surrender.
What is black?
This person was know as the "Manifest Destiny President" because he added so much territory to America.
Who was James Polk?
This person discovered the South Pass across the Rocky Mts, allowing for easier travel to Oregon.
Who is Jedediah Smith?
Jedediah Smith made this territory easier to access.
What is Oregon Country?
To "annex" something is to _____ it.
What is add or absorb?
Americans living in Georgia were upset about these Native Americans raiding their farms.
Who are Seminoles?
This future president made the Louisiana Purchase on behalf of America.
Who is James Monroe?
This person sent representatives to purchase the port of New Orleans from France.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
America simply annexed this territory.
What is Texas?
The belief that it was America's obvious fate to fill in all of North America was called _____.
What is Manifest Destiny?
People living in Georgia were upset because their _____ were running away and hiding in Florida.
What are slaves?
This person led the army that occupied New Mexico and California.
Who is Stephen Kearny?
This person brought the first 300 American families to Texas.
Who is Stephen Austin?
After Jackson's invasion, Spain gave up this territory rather than going to war to keep it.
What is Florida?
The art of negotiating with other countries is called _____.
What is diplomacy?
Access to this river is what motivated Jefferson to try and purchase the port of New Orleans.
What is the Mississippi River?
This general defeated Santa Anna in northern Mexico.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
Following the Alamo, this person defeated and captured Santa Anna in Texas.
Who is Sam Houston?
The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo gave us this territory.
What is the Mexican Cession?
When a person is given full presidential power in representing America, his/her title is Minister _____.
What is plenipotentiary?
This river is what Mexico wanted as the border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Nueces River?