Topic 6 Lesson 7

Match the following terms and definitions.

• Bear Flag Republic

• The Mexican territories of California and New Mexico given to the United States in 1848

• forty-niner

• The nickname for California after it declared independence from Mexico in 1846

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• A term to describe one of more than 80,000 people who joined the California Gold Rush in 1849

• Manifest Destiny

• The 1800's belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent

• Mexican Cession

• An 1848 treaty in which Mexico gave up California and New Mexico Territory to the United States for 15 million dollars

What was the main belief behind the concept of Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was God's duty to spread culture to the Pacific Ocean

• The belief in expanding the territory to Mars

• The belief in maintaining the original 13 colonies only

• The belief that Americans should spread their culture and influence to the Pacific Ocean

Who won the 1844 election due to support for expansion?

• Abraham Lincoln

• James K. Polk

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

What sparked the Mexican-American War?

• The annexation of Florida

• The annexation of Texas and border disputes

• A disagreement over trade tariffs

• The Louisiana Purchase

How did President Polk provoke the Mexican-American War?

• By sending General Zachary Taylor to set up posts between the Rio Grande and Nueces River

• By invading Mexico City

• By refusing to pay for California and New Mexico

• By signing the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Which general forced Santa Anna's retreat in February 1847?

• General Robert E. Lee

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Zachary Taylor

• General Winfield Scott

What was the Bear Flag Republic?

• A republic established in Texas before its annexation

• A republic established by Mexicans in California

• A fictional republic from a novel

• A republic established by Americans in northern California

What ended the Mexican-American War?

• The Battle of Alamo

• The capture of Mexico City by the U.S.

• The Gadsden Purchase

• The signing of the Treaty of Paris

What did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo accomplish?

• The U.S. ceded Texas back to Mexico

• Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the U.S.

• Established the Rio Grande as the border between the U.S. and Canada

• Ended the American Revolutionary War

Who were the Forty-niners?

• A group of explorers looking for the Northwest Passage

• Soldiers in the Mexican-American War

• People who flocked to California in 1849 for the gold rush

• The first settlers of the Jamestown colony