Key Terms
What belief stated that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand across North America?
What is Manifest Destiny?
The U.S. doubled in size after acquiring this land in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
He led U.S. troops to victory at Buena Vista and later became president.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
What event did Mexico interpret as an act of war by the United States?
What is the annexation of Texas?
What state is known as the Bear Flag Republic?
What is California?
True or False: The United States gained most new territories through inheritance.
What is False?
Before the U.S. bought Louisiana, it belonged to these two countries.
What are France and Spain?
What was the main reason people decided they wanted to live in Oregon Country?
What is farmland?
True or False: All senators agreed with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What is False?
What did Mexico make illegal in 1830?
What is slavery?
Fill in the blank: The Gadsden Purchase helped build a ________ across the southern U.S.
What is a railroad?
What was one reason the United States wanted the territory of Florida?
To put an end to the Seminole's raids in Georgia
This explorer helped launch the Bear Flag Revolt.
Who is John C. Frémont?
Why did Tejanos (Mexicans) not like Americans coming into the land of Texas?
What state is known as the Lone Star Republic?
What is Texas?
This U.S. president led the country during most of the land expansion in the 1840s.
Who is James K. Polk?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and gave the U.S. half of Mexico’s land.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This president ran on the slogan “All of Oregon or none!”
Who is James K. Polk?
What happened right before Stephen Austin started an American colony in Texas?
What is Mexico declared independence?
Which two rivers were disputed as the Texas-Mexico border?
What are the Rio Grande and the Nueces River?
This term means to give up territory, such as Mexico did in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What is a cession?
Name at least three present-day states that were part of the Mexican Cession.
What are California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, or Wyoming?
Which general was captured by Texans during their war for independence?
Who is Santa Anna?
Some Americans criticized Manifest Destiny. What was one of their main concerns?
What is the U.S. acted like a bully toward weaker neighbors?
Who was Old Rough and Ready?
Who was Old Fuss and Feathers?
Who is Zachary Taylor – Old Rough and Ready?
Who is Winfield Scott – Old Fuss and Feathers?