FREE RESPONSE QUESTION

“What does John Green believe to be the cause and the

result of the Mexican – American

War?”

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ANNEX

BONUS

WHAT NATION DID THE UNITED

STATES HOPE TO ANNEX IN THE

1840’S?

PICTIONARY

THE LONE STAR REPUBLIC

BONUS

AT WHAT BATTLE DID TEXAS GAIN

ITS INDEPENDENCE?

HEADLINE JUMBLE

TINY’S FEET ID’s MAN!

BONUS

WHAT IS THE NAME AND YEAR OF JOHN GAST’S

PAINTING?

CHARADES

THE ALAMO

BONUS

WHAT WAS THE RALLYING CRY OF

THE TEXANS DURING THEIR FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE?

PICTIONARY

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE

BONUS

WHO EXPLORED THE LOUISIANA

PURCHASE?

HEADLINE JUMBLE

GUY PAUL, HE GAL -EAT DIRT FOOD!

BONUS

WHAT TWO MAJOR TERRITORIES DID MEXICAN CESSION

GRANT TO THE U.S.?

CHARADES

GENERAL ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA

BONUS

WHO DID SANTA ANNA EXECUTE AT THE ALAMO?

PICTIONARY

THE OREGON TRAIL

BONUS

WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE “SHIP OF THE

PRARIE”?

HEADLINE JUMBLE!

JARP KELP SETS MIND OK!

BONUS

WHY DID JAMES K. POLK START THE MEXICAN-

AMERICAN WAR?

CHARADES

PUSH / PULL FACTORS

BONUS

NAME ONE SPECIFIC PULL FACTOR THAT

CAUSED AMERICANS TO MOVE WEST.

PICTIONARY

EMPRESARIOS

BONUS

WHY DID MEXICO FEEL THAT THE

EMPRESARIOS WERE DISOBEYING THE

MEXICAN CONSTITUTION?

HEADLINE JUMBLE

DEE DUPCRN HAS GAS!

BONUS

WHAT TECHNOLOGY, MORE THAN ANY OTHER, ALLOWED

AMERICA TO EXPAND WESTWARD?