What was the reason Texas was not annexed by the U.S. at first?
Texas would throw off the balance between free and slave states
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What president was in office during the the U.S. - Mexican War?
James K. Polk
100
What is Manifest destiny?
The U.S's God given right to spread across the whole continent (Sea to Shining Sea)
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Where did many Germans settle in Texas
New Braunfels, San Antonio
100
What state was brought in as a free state from the compromise of 1850?
California
200
locate the approximate area of the cities of Galveston and Houston
locate the city on Texas near the Eastern Coast
200
What treaty ended the U.S. -Mexican War?
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
200
Which president completed manifest destiny?
James K. Polk
200
Where was the disputed land between Mexico and the U.S.?
Between the Rio Grande and Nueces River
200
How much money did Texas receive from giving up part of it's land?
$10 Million
300
What is the definition of Stereotype?
a belief that is attributed to an entire group of people
300
What conflict or affair started the Mexican American War
Thornton affair
300
What land or territory did the U.S. really want to acquire and who owned it?
California and was owned by Mexico
300
Who was the political party that apposed immigration and Sam Houston supported?
Know-Nothing Party
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What act did caused Texas to give up some of it's land.
The Texas-New Mexico Boundary Act
400
What is the definition of Bias?
A one sided point of view
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What was Polk's reason for the U.S. to go to war with Mexico?
American blood was had been shed on American soil.
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why did many Texans want to become part of the United States from a financial aspect?
It would pay the debt that they had accumulated during the republic,
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Who was sent to Mexico to discuss the purchase of New Mexico and California to ease rising tensions between Mexico and the U.S.?
John Slidell
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What is the term used for a state voting to decide if it wanted slavery or remain a free state?
Popular Sovereignty
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What is the stereotype that was attributed to Mexicans during the US-Mexican War?
They were Violent and greedy (same as Santa Anna)
500
put the Following events in chronological order:
I. Santa Anna Returns to Mexico and regains presidency
II. The U.S. declares war on Mexico
III. Shots fired by both sides north of the Rio Grande
IV. Mexico city is surrendered to General Scott by Mexico
III
II
I
IV
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What president wanted to bring Texas into the U.S. and for what reason
President James K Polk and his belief in Manifest Destiny
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Who was considered "The Robin Hood of the Rio Grande"?
Juan Cortina
500
What did the southern states receive from the compromise of 1850?