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Manifest Destiny

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President of Mexico?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Jim Bowie

c)

Santa Ana

d)

Diego Rivera

2.

What was the name of the first battle of the Texas Revolution?

a)

Old 300 Hundred

b)

Goliad

c)

Alamo

d)

Austin

3.

What was the battle cry after the loss of the first battle by the Texans?

a)

Remember the Old 300

b)

Remember the Alamo, Remember the Goliad

c)

Remember William B. Travis

d)

Remember Austin

4.

Who won the Texas Revolution and became the first President of Texas?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Santa Ana

c)

William B. Travis

d)

Davy Crockett

5.

Texas was its own country for 10 years before it entered the US. What did Texas refer to itself as?

a)

True Grit

b)

Lone Star State

c)

Lone Republic

d)

True Freedom

6.

Texas entered the US as a ......

a)

Free State

b)

Slave State

7.
Mexico argued that the Texas border was the Nueces River, while the U.S. believed it was the ________ river
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Mississippi
c)
Colorado
8.
Which state was not gained by the U.S. as a result of the war?
a)
California
b)
Arkansas
c)
New Mexico
9.

Which event ended the Mexican-American War?

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

b)

Battle of the Alamo

c)

Battle of San Jacinto

d)

Treaty of Paris

10.

Which answer best describes the Mexican Cession?

a)

Mexico agreed to end the War against the U.S.

b)

Mexico agreed to give America Canada

c)

Mexico agreed to give America Florida

d)

Mexico gave up territory between Texas and the Pacific Ocean

11.

Which describes the U.S. paying $10 Million to Mexico for land on the southern edge of present-day New Mexico and Arizona?

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

The Great Land Swindle of 1850

c)

The Lone Star Purchase

d)

Railroad Act

12.
The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Gadsen Purchase
13.

In what year did was gold discovered in California?

a)

1949

b)

1849

c)

1850

d)

1914

14.
What year did Texas become the Lone Star Republic?
a)
1845
b)
1819
c)
1836
d)
1825
15.
Why was the annexation of Texas delayed?
a)
Worry about adding Texas as a slave state 
b)
Annexing Texas would lead to a war with Mexico
c)
There would be imbalance of slave states and free states
d)
All of the above
16.
What year was Texas annexed into the United States?
a)
1845
b)
1819
c)
1836
d)
1825
17.
What other country also claimed Oregon?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Mexico
d)
Great Britain
18.
The Mexican Cession increased the size of the US by ________%
a)
50
b)
10
c)
25
d)
15
19.
What territory is circled?
a)
Oregon
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Gadsden Purchase
d)
Texas
20.
What territory is circled?
a)
Louisiana
b)
Gadsden Purchase
c)
Texas
d)
Mexican Cession
21.
What territory is circled?
a)
Louisisana
b)
Florida
c)
US to 1783
d)
Mexican Cession
22.
What territory is circled?
a)
Florida
b)
Louisiana
c)
US to 1783
d)
Texas
23.
What territory is circled?
a)
Texas
b)
Louisiana
c)
Florida
d)
US to 1783
24.
What territory is circled?
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
Louisiana
c)
Oregon
d)
Florida