Manifest Destiny Quiz

Opened the Santa Fe Trail.

• John O'Sullivan

• Brigham Young

• Stephen F. Austin

• William Becknell

Leader of the Mormon Church who led his followers to the Great Salt Lake.

• Brigham Young

• John O'Sullivan

• Stephen F. Austin

• William Becknell

General who led his troops to Santa Fe, New Mexico and captured the city without a fight.

• Stephen Kearny

• Zebulon Pike

• John O'Sullivan

• Brigham Young

Mexican general who became President of Mexico.

• William Becknell

• John O'Sullivan

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Brigham Young

Magazine editor who came up with the term Manifest Destiny.

• John O'Sullivan

• Zebulon Pike

• William Becknell

• Brigham Young

President of the Republic of Texas.

• Sam Houston

• Zebulon Pike

• William Becknell

• Brigham Young

Moved 300 families to Texas.

• William Becknell

• John O'Sullivan

• Zebulon Pike

• Stephen F. Austin

11th president of the United States. A supporter of Texas joining the U.S.

• William Becknell

• Zebulon Pike

• Brigham Young

• James K. Polk

A U.S. army general, sent to secure the area of Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande.

• Brigham Young

• Zebulon Pike

• William Becknell

• John Slidell

Sent to Mexico to buy California and establish the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas in exchange for $25 million.

• John C. Fremont

• John O'Sullivan

• William Becknell

• Brigham Young