Manifest Destiny and the Leadup to the Civil War

Who created the Missouri Compromise?

What was caused by the annexation of Texas?

The Mexican-American War started over a ________________.

The Missouri Compromise was designed to keep a balance between 

T/F: Manifest Destiny was about abolishing slavery.

What was the Missouri Compromise?

What was the importance of the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans?

This state was known as the Lone Star Republic & was it's own country for almost 10 years.

What were the different factors that contributed to Manifest Destiny?

What did America gain from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

True or False: Texas came into the union as a slave state.

What was the problem with the Missouri Compromise?

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

Thomas Jefferson sent ______________ to explore the newly purchased territory.

America's belief that it was her "god given" right to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

How did Northerners feel about the annexation of Texas?

What was the disputed territory during the border dispute between US and Mexico?

Why was the Missouri Compromise necessary?

The leader of the Mexican forces at the Battle of the Alamo and later, the President of Mexico.

He took the first American settlers into Mexican controlled Texas.

Which U.S. President was responsible for provoking war between the U.S. & Mexico?

Which land acquisition doubled the size of the U.S. & included the port of New Orleans?

Why did Americans chose James K. Polk in the 1844 election?

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

The Treaty of ______________ offered that Mexico would cede half of its territory to the U.S.