History Alive chapter 16

The belief that it was natural and the "obvious fate" of the US to expand and take over territories west of the Mississippi River.

• Territories

• Manifest Destiny

• Annex

• Acquire

Large regions of land that were added to the United States.

• Acquire

• Manifest Destiny

• Annex

• Territories

To add territory to a country

• Annex

• Acquire

• Manifest Destiny

• Territories

The US invaded and defeated Mexico, gaining this territory in the peace treaty that ended the war between the two countries.

• Texas

• Mexican Cession

• Florida

• Oregon Country

The US Army invaded this territory, and later the US government acquired it by paying off $5 million of claims against Spain.

• Louisiana Territory

• Texas

• Florida

• Gadsden Purchase

Several years after gaining its independence from Mexico, this area was admitted to the US.

• Florida

• Oregon Country

• Mexican Cession

• Texas

The US paid $15 million to France to acquire this territory.

• Texas

• Louisiana Territory

• Florida

• Gadsden Purchase

The US and Britain agreed on a boundary that divided this territory and gave the southern part of it to the US.

• Louisiana Territory

• Mexican Cession

• Texas

• Oregon Country

The US and Mexico agreed on the sale of this small piece of territory.

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Territory

• Texas

Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was right for the US to expand to the Pacific Coast.

• True

• False