Chapter 15- Manifest Destiny and the Growing Nation

A region of land: also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor

• Diplomacy

• Territory

• Annex

The art of conducting negotiations with other countries

• Diplomacy

• Manifest Destiny

• Convention

The 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation

• Southern Rebellion

• Civil War

• Texas War for Independence

To add a territory to a country

• Expanding

• Annex

• Manifest Destiny

The belief that it was America's right and duty to spread the nation across the North American continent

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

• Gadsden Purchase

The War with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the United States a huge region from Texas to California

• The Invasion of Mexico City

• The Battle of Santa Fe

• Mexican-American War

On April 30, 1803 France's emperor, __________ ______________ signed a treaty giving Louisiana to the United States in exchange for $15 million.

In 1819, the Spanish government agreed to yield (give) __________ to the United States shortly after Andrew Jackson invaded it.

(What state?)

Sam Houston shouted "Remember the ___________" as the United States was on its way to winning the Texas War for Independence.

Between 1804 and 1806 Lewis and _________ led a small band of explorers to the Oregon coast.