Acquisitions
Texas was called this for seven years before being annexed.
What was the Lone Star Republic?
This person was a Texan general, and the first Texan president.
Who was Sam Houston?
These people called themselves The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints.
Who were the Mormons
What is a newspaper?
This famous mission was used as a fort in the Texan Mexican war.
What was the Alamo?
Which delegate purchased Louisiana on behalf of which president.
Who were James Monroe, and Thomas Jefferson?
This person was a Mexican general and dictator.
The people who went to Oregon traveled on the long and dangerous...
What was the Oregon Trail?
Manifest Destiny was this idea.
What was that America would spread from sea to shining sea?
This was the deciding battle in the Texan Mexican war.
What was the Battle of San Jacinto?
Who disobeyed President Monroe's orders by bring troops into Spanish Florida.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This person was an affluent Black nurse.
Who was Bridget (Biddy) Mason?
The early Californios were...
What are Spanish missionaries?
Manifest Destiny meant this.
What was Obvious Fate?
This was the amount Louisiana was purchased for.
This president asked which general to invade Mexico.
Who were James K. Polk, and Zachary Taylor?
This family were missionaries who adopted seven children.
Who were the Whitmans?
The Mormons founded this place.
What was Salt Lake Valley?
This is the name of a painting depicting Manifest Destiny.
What was American Progress Painting?
This person was captured and taken in by Crow Indians.
Who was Jim Beckwourth?
This political party particularly disliked Jefferson, and the Louisiana Purchase.
Who were the Federalists?
This person came up with the term Manifest Destiny.
Who was John L. O'Sullivan?
The Whitman missionaries failed to convert this Native American tribe.
Who were the Cayuse?
This president was especially focused on Manifest Destiny.
Who was James K. Polk?
Napoleon sold Louisiana because of this.
What was the Hatian Revolution?