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Chapter 15: Manifest Destiny and the Growing Nation (Vocabulary Quiz)

Directions: Match the correct letter definition to each vocabulary term.

  • 1. Territory
  • 2. Diplomacy
  • 3. Texas War for Independence
  • 4. Mexican-American War
  • 5. Manifest Destiny
  • 6. Annex
  • a. The art of conducting negotiations with other countries.
  • b. The belief that it was America's right and duty to spread the nation across the North American continent.
  • c. A region of land; also a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor.
  • d. The war with Mexico from 1846-1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the U.S. a huge region extending from Texas to California.
  • e. To add a territory to a country.
  • f. The 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule, that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation. in
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Name: ___________________________________
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Chapter 15: Manifest Destiny and the Growing Nation (Vocabulary Quiz) (Answer Key)

Directions: Match the correct letter definition to each vocabulary term.

  • c 1. Territory
  • a 2. Diplomacy
  • f 3. Texas War for Independence
  • d 4. Mexican-American War
  • b 5. Manifest Destiny
  • e 6. Annex
  • a. The art of conducting negotiations with other countries.
  • b. The belief that it was America's right and duty to spread the nation across the North American continent.
  • c. A region of land; also a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor.
  • d. The war with Mexico from 1846-1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the U.S. a huge region extending from Texas to California.
  • e. To add a territory to a country.
  • f. The 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule, that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation. in

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