US-Mexican War & Westward Expansion

How did Manifest Destiny impact the American view of the West?

• Americans believed that they had reached their full potential with their current territorial claims

• Americans believed that they had a divine calling from God to occupy all of North America

• American believed that they should share the continent with Mexico and give the Native Americans back their land

• Americans believed that they had a divine right to take over the world and spread democracy to other nations

Which president made it a part of his campaign and policy to make Manifest Destiny a reality?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• Donald Trump

• James Polk

Who was the President of the US when Texas was annexed? 

• Jones
• Houston
• Polk
• Washington

Did all Americans view the US - Mexican war favorably? 

• No, some viewed the war as an attack on Mexico and an excuse to spread slavery
• Yes, all viewed Mexico to be dangerous. 
• Not all Americans were asked their views on the war
• How could Americans not view the war favorably? 

"American blood has been shed on American soil" was used by President Polk to...

• to fulfill Manifest Destiny
• to change the borders between Texas and Mexico
• to get congress to declare war on Mexico
• to negotiate price for the Mexican Cession

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

How did Mexicans view the US-Mexican War? 

• The Mexicans felt that they had it coming...
• The Mexicans didn't really care
• The Mexicans viewed it as an act of aggression
• There was no US-Mexican War

One issue between Texas, Mexico, and the US was...

• A dispute on how much Texas was worth
• A dispute on trade
• A dispute on religion
• A dispute on territorial boundaries

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 Southern states want to expand westward? 

• To find more land for industry
• To expand slavery 
• To find more land for freedmen to work
• To find Waldo