Texas Revolution
He was the Mexican President who personally led the army to defeat the Texas Revolution and defend Mexico's honor.
Who was Santa Anna?
He was the president who called for war with Mexico.
Who was James K Polk?
It was the President's main goal in the war with Mexico.
What was Westward Expansion?
It is the action of a country adding a new territory to itself.
What is annexation?
These were the three sides battling for control of Texas.
What were the Comanche, the Anglo colonists, and the Mexican government?
The year the Mexican American War began.
What is 1846?
He was the general for Mexico.
Who was Santa Anna
Part of the region the US won in the war with Mexico, they are known as the four corners states.
What are Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado?
They won the Battle of the Alamo.
Who are the Mexican Army?
The length of time Texas was an independent nation.
What is 9 years?
The man who led the militias to defend the anglo settlers against the Comanche. The capital of Texas is named after him.
Stephen F. Austin
What river did Texas and the United States believe was the proper border between Mexico and Texas?
The Rio Grande
It was the rallying cry for Texas Revolution.
What was "Remember the Alamo!"?
The reason many Americans, especially in the North, did not want Texas to become a state.
What is Texas allowed slavery?
The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What was the US gets California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah
He was the first president of independent Texas. The US oil capital is named for him.
Who was Sam Houston?
The Philosophy called Manifest Destiny.
What is the idea that Americans had the right to expand to the Pacific Ocean?
It was a request of the US written into the Texas Constitution.
What is "annex us and make us a State"?
There wasn't ever a more wicked war than that waged by the US on Mexico.
What is what Ulysses S Grant said about the war?
It is the most western state the US acquired in the war with Mexico.
What is California?