Americans in Texas
The Country of Texas in the 1820's
What is Mexico
(Battle of the Alamo) The president of Mexico in the 1820's
What is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
The phrase that means "Take it over and make it a state".
What is annex
The leader of President Polk's army
What is General Zachary Taylor
This Treaty ended the Mexican War
What is the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty
The # of Americans who migrated to Mexico
What is 20,000
(Battle of the Alamo) The place where Santa Anna sent his men to
What is San Antonio
The name of the compromise that brought two states, Missouri, and Maine into the Union
What is The Missouri Compromise
The event that triggered the Mexican War
What is Mexican troops attacking an American force on Texas' side of the border.
These states were given up by Mexico after the Mexican War
What is California, Nevada, Utah, most of New Mexico and Arizona, and smaller parts of Wyoming and Colorado.
The 'leader' who brought American families to Texas
What is Stephen Austin
(Texas Independence) The name of a Texan general who launched a surprise attack/ambush on Santa Anna's soldiers on a recalled retreat.
What is Sam Houston
The president of the U.S in 1845
What is James K. Polk
The name of the revolt that happened in California
What is the Bear Flag Revolt
The new chunk of land that the U.S acquired from Mexico that finished the borders of New Mexico and Arizona
What is the Gadsden Purchase
The name of the Spanish speaking people in Mexico
What is Tejanos
(Texas Independence) The date in which Texas declared independence
What is March 2, 1836
The name of the destiny or the idea that the United States had a right to add territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean.
What is manifest destiny
The city's that Americans took from New Mexico
What is Santa Fe, Mexico City, etc.
The thing that Mexicans had to do to be able to live on New American land.
What is become U.S citizens
The rights that Texans missed from the U.S
What is open trade, slavery, and more freedom
(Texas Independence) What did Texans do to Santa Anna to make him declare their independence?
What is captured him
The natural boundary that Texas claimed as its border.
What is The Rio Grande
The statement that President Polk gave after the triggering of the Mexican War
What is "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil."
The destiny that the U.S achieved post-1853
What is the Manifest Destiny