Topic 6 Lesson 7

Match the following terms and definitions.

• Manifest Destiny

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

• Mexican Cession

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

• Bear Flag Republic

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

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• 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

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