Mexican American War

 led the army that defeated Mexican General Santa Anna at San Jacinto

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• James Polk

• Manifest Destiny

Hero of Tampico

• Sam Houston

• James Polk

• Santa Anna

• Manifest Destiny

final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution

• Desert Storm

• American Revolution

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of San Jacinto

War between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas's independence from Mexico

• Battle for Texas

• American War

• Texas Revolution

• Mexico Revolution

In what year did Texas win its independence?

• 1836

• 1956

• 1556

• 1864

What territory did James Polk promise to obtain?

• Washington

• California

• Oregon

• Idaho

 Term meaning the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

• Manifest Directive

• White Supremacy

• Manifest Destiny

• Designation by God

True or False

The two rivers that were involved in a border dispute were the Rio Grande and the Nueces River

• True

• False

What treaty forced the United States to give Mexico 15 million dollars?

• Treaty of Ben Hur

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Annexion

• Treaty of Guadalupe