NEW MEXICO HISTORY CHAPTER 10 EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

NEW MEXICO HISTORY CHAPTER 10 EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ Manifest destiny Correct Answer: The belief that the United States should expand across the continent. Cede Correct Answer: To hand over or to give up Annex Correct Answer: To add to or to take in Treason Correct Answer: The act of trying to betray ones country by overthrowing the government. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Correct Answer: Mexico gave up disputed land and the U.S. paid 15 million for most of the southwest as a result of the Mexican American war. Mexican Citizens in the area became U.S. citizens. The Gadsden Purchase Correct Answer: The U.S. purchased additional land from Mexico south of Arizona and New Mexico for the fertile Mesilla Valley and a mountain pass for construction of a transcontinental railroad. Battle of El Brazito Correct Answer: The only battle of the Mexican American war to take place in New Mexico in between Las Cruces and El Paso. Polk Correct Answer: President of the U.S. pushing Manifest Destiny.