What is the name of the dictator who led Mexican troops in the Battle at the Alamo?
Stephen Austin
Santa Anna
Sam Houston
Andrew Jackson
What area of land was purchased from Mexico in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase?
A portion of Arizona and New Mexico.
A Portion of Texas
A portion of California
A portion of Oregon
The belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent came to be known as
Manifest Destiny
the Monroe Doctrine.
Oregon Fever.
the Great Experiment.
What was the name of the land in the Pacific Northwest that President Polk divided with Great Britain?
Oregon Country
Spain decided _________ to avoid war.
leave Florida
What is the idea that the United States was meant to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean called?
manifest destiny
The Mexican-American War was fought as a result of a dispute over the border between Mexico and which state?
Texas
When the United States went to Spain to purchase Florida, Spain initially said
"NO"
“SURE!”
"You don’t have to purchase Florida
“Let us think about it.”
After leaving the colonies in Florida, Spain retained control of
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
President Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana
led to war with Great Britain.
doubled the size of the Unites States.
was a costly mistake.
was opposed by western farmers.
The Alamo was
an old Mission that was taken over by American Texans.
The Purchase of the Louisiana Territory cost
15 Million
