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What was a direct result of annexing Texas?
The Mexican American War
What is Manifest Destiny?
The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean is known as?
Which president called for going to war with Mexico?
President Polk
Mexico said that this river was the border between the United States and Mexico
The Nueces River
The Mexican-American War ended with this treaty...
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Who did Americans believe gave them the right to expand westward?
God
Who was the general for Mexico?
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Why did many Americans not want Texas to be annexed?
Texas allowed slavery
What is the action of a country adding a new territory to itself?
annexation/annexed
The United States bought this tiny piece of land for $10 million dollars after the Mexican American War...to build a railroad.
The Gadsden Purchase
To expand westward
What was the rallying cry for Texas?
"Remember the Alamo!"
Who won the Battle of the Alamo?
Mexico/Mexican Army
The total amount the U.S. paid for all land from Mexico after the war was
25 Million
The General of the Southern Campaign of the Mexican-American War
Winfield Scott
Texas was it's own nation for how many years?
9 years
The entire territory in northern Mexico that was given to the U.S. after the war
Mexican Cession
The leading cause of death of U.S. soldiers during the was . . .
Disease
The general of the Northern Campaign of the Mexican-American War
General Zachary Taylor
What river did Texas and the United States believe was the proper border between Mexico and Texas?
The Rio Grande