Texas Revolution/Mexican American War Quiz

Manifest Destiny

• Battle at an old church that lasted twelve days and left 183 Texans dead

• The belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across the continent

• The fight between Mexico and Texas for independence

• A conflict between the United States and Mexico over the annexation of Texas and America’s expansion

Texas Revolution

• The belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across the continent 

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• The fight for Texas’ independence from Mexico

• Battle that ended the Texas Revolution after Texians won in 18 minutes

Battle of the Alamo

• A conflict between the United States and Mexico over the annexation of Texas and America’s expansion

• Battle that ended the Texas Revolution after Texians won in 18 minutes

• An old church

• Battle at an old church that lasted 12 days and left 183 Texans dead

Republic of Texas

• The faith pushed onto Texians by Mexico

• Independent nation from 1836 to 1845

• $10 million purchase in 1853 that established the current borders of the lower 48 states

• An old church in Texas

Annex

• An old church in Texas

• Started a colony in Mexico and led 300 families to Texas

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• Mexican President

Sam Houston

• Signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and led troops to victory in the Battle of San Jacinto

• Mexican President

• American general in the Mexican American War who fought in California and Mexico

• River that was disputed as the Southern border of Texas

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and led troops to victory in the Battle of San Jacinto

• Mexican-Americans who lived in Texas before it gained its independence

• Mexican President

• President of the United States during the Mexican American War

Rio Grande River

• River that was disputed as the Southern border of Texas

• The faith pushed onto Texians by Mexico

• The belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across the continent 

• $10 million purchase in 1853 that established the current borders of the lower 48 states

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty that ended the Mexican American War and gave New Mexico and California to the United States for $15 million

• An old church in Texas

• Mexican-Americans who lived in Texas before it gained its independence

• $10 million purchase in 1853 that established the current borders of the lower 48 states

Mexican American War

• A conflict between the United States and Mexico over the annexation of Texas and America’s expansion 

• Battle at an old church that lasted 12 days and left 183 Texans dead

• The fight for Texas’ independence from Mexico

• The belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across the continent