Manifest Destiny

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

True or False. The real reason the US offered to buy California was that gold was found there.

• True

• False

               What convinced the US to accept Texas as a state?

       

            

• a. Texas sent President Polk a lovely gift basket          

• b. Texas threatened to ally with Great Britain         

• c. Mexico said the US didn’t have the guts to take Texas

•   d. The US needed Texas to help win the war with Mexico

What man won the presidential election based on his promise of completing manifest destiny?

                                                

• a. Pope      

• b. Clay         

• c. Jackson  

• d. Polk

Why did the US want to buy California from Mexico?

• The United States government offered to buy  California from Mexico.

• The US Army wanted to use California as a staging ground for an invasion of Mexico

• Some officials were eager to gain control of the ports at San Francisco and San Diego.

• Many Americans believed they had the right to spread their culture across the continent

True or False. Mexico was not attempting to reclaim all of Texas, only the land below its original boundary

• True

• False

The US claimed that Texas’ southern border was the ______________________ river, and Mexico claimed Texas’ border was at the ____________________ River.

• Nueces and Rio Grande

• New Aces and Oro Grande

• Cohansey and Maurice

• Yangtze and Ho

Why do you think President Polk sent US troops to the Rio Grande River?

• a. He was trying to encourage the Mexican army to attack the Texas settlers                                                        

• b. He thought that if US troops moved into the disputed area, that Mexico would attack them

• c. Polk sent troops to the Rio Grande to distract Mexico from the US forces invading from the sea

• d. He was trying to prevent illegal aliens from coming into the USA

True or False. The US moved into the disputed area, but Mexico attacked first.

• True

• False

What is the significance of May 11, 1846?

• a. It was the day the Mexican Army attacked the US Army

• b. It was the day the Mexican government accepted the US offer of $50 million for Mexico

• c. It was the day Mrs. Kukal was born

• d. It was the day the US congress voted to declare war on Mexico