Social Studies Chapter 8

poor treatment due to faith

What caused the problem between the US and Mexico that led to war?

• Mexico attacked the US to take back Texas

• US settlers were trespassing through Mexico on their way west

• Americans were mistreating Mexican natives

• the location of the Texas border

Which best explains Manifest Destiny?

• US wanted all land to the west coast, and would fight to get it

• US wanted all of Canada to the Arctic Circle

• US wanted to control the whole western hemisphere

• US wanted to rule the entire world

Which of the following territories was added to the US last?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Florida

Where did Mormons go?

• California

• Mexico City

• Utah

• Oregon

Which did Americans have to agree to if they wanted to live in Texas (Mexico)?

• fight in the Mexican army

• leave after 10 years

• become Catholic

• treat their slaves well

Who was Sam Houston?

• first American to move to Texas

• leader of the Texan army

• Mormon who brought his followers to Utah

• first governor of Oregon

Where did 49ers go?

• Texas

• California

• east coast

• Utah

Who was Santa Anna?

• the Liberator of South America

• Mexican leader during the Texas Revolution

• first person on the Santa Fe Trail

• a missionary in California

Who was Davy Crockett?

• US president when Texas became a state

• rebel who died at the Alamo

• the first person to find gold in California

• Mormon leader