09 Manifest Destiny, 1835-1848

Question 1

Tejanos

Answer 1

Spanish-speaking settlers in Texas

Question 2

empresarios

Answer 2

Spanish word meaning agents or contractors

Question 3

National Colonization Act

Answer 3

an agreement in which Mexico gave 26 empresarios large areas of Texas land in exchange for getting a certain number of people to settle the land

Question 4

Washington-on-the-Brazos

Answer 4

town founded by Stephen Austin

Question 5

Antonio López de Santa Anna

Answer 5

Mexican president who declared himself dictator of Mexico in 1834

Question 6

Sam Houston

Answer 6

former governor of Tennessee and military leader who became commander of the Texan army

Question 7

Alamo

Answer 7

abandoned Spanish Catholic mission where a small force of the Texan army fought off the Mexican army for 13 days before falling

Question 8

William B. Travis

Answer 8

commander of the Texan forces at the Alamo

Question 9

annexation

Answer 9

act of adding a new state to the United States

Question 10

John Tyler

Answer 10

President of the United States who pushed a resolution through Congress to annex Texas

Question 11

James K. Polk

Answer 11

President of the United States who negotiated with Great Britain to acquire Oregon and who helped the U.S. acquire other territories through war with Mexico

Question 12

Fifty-four Forty or Fight

Answer 12

slogan used to support the acquisition of Oregon to a northern boundary designated by a line of latitude

Question 13

envoy

Answer 13

a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission

Question 14

Zachary Taylor

Answer 14

American general who led American troops in the war with Mexico

Question 15

John C. Frémont

Answer 15

American general who led California settlers in an uprising against the Mexican presence in California

Question 16

Bear Flag Republic

Answer 16

name given to California territory by settlers after they declared the region’s independence from Mexico

Question 17

Winfield Scott

Answer 17

American general who led forces that captured Mexico City in the war with Mexico

Question 18

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 18

agreement signed by Mexico and the United States after the war with Mexico that ceded the United States more than 500,000 square miles of territory, including what are now the states of California, Utah and Nevada; most of New Mexico and Arizona; and parts of Colorado and Wyoming

Question 19

cede

Answer 19

to give up

Question 20

9.2 Why did some Northern leaders oppose admitting Texas to the US?

Answer 20

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Question 21

9.3 Summarize the controversy between Mexico and the US over Texas.

Answer 21

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