Manifesting Our Destiny

Annexation of Texas was controversial in the United States because ____________________________________.

• it would increase the number of states that did not allow slavery
• it could lead to war with Spain
• it would increase the number of states that allowed slavery
• Wit would interfere with Manifest Destiny

What word means "the belief in the God given right to move West"?

• Manifest Destiny
• Land Speculator
• Decree
• Ordinance

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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 Texas fighting in the Texas Revolution? 

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

The Alamo was a __________.

• River
• Mission
• Mountain
• Field

What was one of the reasons many Americans wanted to annex Texas?

• Northern States wanted another slave state
• Oil production
• Manifest Destiny
• none of the above

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

What is Manifest Destiny?

• Texas' future to reach the Pacific ocean.
• Americans' belief that it was their God given right to own the land from East to West, from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
• An angel flying through the air from East to West.
• The progress of the White man

What was the cause of the Mexican American War?

• Mexico never got over losing Texas in the Texas Revolution
• Mexico claimed Nueces River as boundary and U.S. supported claim of the Rio Grande River
• U.S. leaders angry its citizens ordered to leave Mexican territory of California U.S. wanted California
• all of the above

What does this image represent?

• Mexican Cession
• Gadsden Purchase
• Oregon Territory
• Texas Annexation