5.2

What president is given the most “credit” for Manifest Destiny?

• Jefferson

• Jackson

• Polk

• Taylor

After annexing Texas, what did the US claim was the border between Texas and Mexico?

• the Rio Grande River

• the Nueces River

• the Mississippi River

• the Rocky Mountains

What happened when Mexican soldiers attacked US soldiers in disputed territory?

• Mexico declared war on Spain

• Congress declared war on Mexico

• the US surrendered Texas

• US soldiers were captured

What was the uprising in California that was part of the Mexican-American War?

• the Gadsden Purchase

• the California Gold Rush

• the California Massacre

• the Bear Flag Revolt

What treaty officially ended the war with Mexico?

• the Treaty of Paris

• the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• the Treaty of Ghent

• the Treaty of Tordasillas

What do we call the purchase of the modern Southwest US from Mexico?

• the Mexican Cession

• the Southwest Purchase

• the Gold Rush

• the Louisiana Purchase

What did the discovery of gold in California in 1849 lead to?

• the California Gold Rush

• the Bear Flag Revolt

• the Mexican Cession

• the Mexican American War

What do we call people who rushed to California to “strike it rich”?

• 49ers

• Emigrants

• Strikers

• Californios

What new immigrant group arrived during the California Gold Rush and faced significant discrimination?

• the Italians

• the British

• the Chinese

• the Russians

What “completed” the United States in 1854?

• the Gadsden Purchase

• the Louisiana Purchase

• the California Gold Rush

• Seward's Folly