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Causes of the Mexican American War and the Texas Annexation
What Was the Mexican Cession?
What Was the Mexican-American War?
Treaties and Purchases
What is the Texas Annexation?
100

He was the infamous dictator that tore up the Mexican Constitution and caused on of its states to separate from the newly formed country.

Who is Santa Anna?

100

This war was what helped the United States to gain the territory from the Mexican Cession.

What was the Mexican War?

100

 One cause of the Mexican-American War that said that the U.S. had the "God-given" right to conquer all of North America.

What is Manifest Destiny?

100

This treaty was signed to show that the U.S. would pay Mexico $15 million in exchange for the Mexican Cession, which was a third of Mexico's territory.

 What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

100
One of the reasons that Texas wanted to separate from Mexico is that they wanted to continue this, which was also being debated over in the United States.

 What is slavery?

200

This region or state of Mexico was where many Americans were moving to.

  What is Tejas?

200

The present day states of Nevada, California, Utah and this states were all part of the Mexican Cession.

What is Arizona?

200

This U.S. President caused the Mexican American war because  he was greedy for land.

James K. Polk

200

 This President negotiated the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, which "completed" Manifest Destiny.

 Who is President Franklin Pierce?

200

After Texas was free from Mexico, but before it joined the Union, Texas had this nickname.

What is the Lone Star State?

300
This main reason that one of Mexico's states wanted to separate was ironic because, when they were trying to join the Union, the U.S. was debating whether they were allowed to have this right.

 What is slavery?

300

After the president of the U.S. tried to make this, the U.S. started a war with Mexico which ended in a very famous Treaty.

What is a purchase for the land?

300

 The Webster Ashburton Treaty granted the U.S. land from Britain.  This land is now located in which present-day U.S. state? 

 What is Maine?