Unit 7 Early Statehood

__________________________was the belief by Americans that it was the right and duty of the US to expand to the Pacific Ocean.

• Mexican Cession

• Manifest Destiny

• Fugitive Slave Act

• California

When one country grants or gives land to another country it is called a __________________

• Cession

• Annexation

• Land grant

• Manifest Destiny

The US president during the Mexican War was __________________________

• Zachary Taylor

• Jack Coffee Hays

• James K. Polk

• Sam Houston

The _______________ were a group of Texans who gained fame for their fighting during the Mexican War.

• Leadership

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Calvary

• Texas Rangers

The United States believed the ____________________ was the southern border of Texas.

• Mississippi River

• Nueces River

• Rio Grande River

• Sabin River

Mexico believed the __________________________ was the border Texas and Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Nueces River

• Rio Grande River

• Sabin River

General ________________ was sent to Corpus along with 4,000 US troops before the beginning of the Mexican War.

• Zachary Taylor

• James K. Polk

• Jack Coffee Hays

• Sam Houston

General Winfield Scott led the US troops that captured ________________ in1847

• Rio Grande River

• Mexican Cession

• Texas Rangers

• Mexico City

The US won the war, mainly due to better ___________________ and ______________________

• Horses and Weapons

• Leadership and Weapons

• Leadership and Large Army

• Horses and Large Army

In 1848, the US and Mexico signed the ________________________ to officially end the Mexican War.

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Velasco

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

• Fugitive Slave Act