Manifest Destiny 1818-1853

Name the piece of land. 

• Mexican Cession 
• Trans-Appalachian West
• Gadsden Purchase
• Florida Cession

California becomes a free state in 1850. In what year was gold found in California?

• 1846
• 1847
• 1848
• 1849

The Alamo was a __________.

• River
• Mission
• Mountain
• Field

Who was Texas fighting in the Texas Revolution? 

• The Spanish
• The Mexicans
• The Americans
• The British

Who was the President and leader of the Mexican Army during the battle between Texas?

• Sam Houston
• William B. Travis
• James Fannin
• Santa Anna

Who was the president for the U.S during the time of the war 

• President Polk
• Macys cat Oliver
• Thomas Jefferson 
• John Quincy Adams 

Who owned California in 1845?

• Mexico
• US
• Japan
• treatyEngland

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct
• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

Why did President Polk want Mexican territory?

• He wanted to expand the US
• The land had good resources
• He needed room to build a mansion for his cats
• To get Shrek'd

What was the Treaty called that ends the Mexican American War?

• The Treaty of Versailles
• The Treaty of Utrecht
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Adams-Onís Treaty