Mexican American Studies Final Term 2

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Why did President Polk want Mexican territory?

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He wanted to expand the US.

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Who was the president for the U.S during the time of the war?

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President Polk

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Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war? Options: All of these answers are correct, The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary, America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny, The U.S. recently annexed Texas

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All of these answers are correct

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Who was Texas fighting in the Texas Revolution?

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The Mexicans

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Who was the President and leader of the Mexican Army during the battle between Texas?

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Santa Anna

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What word means "the belief in the God given right to move West"?

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Manifest Destiny

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What war did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo bring an end to? Options: Texas American war, Mexican Revolu, Mexican-American War, Indian War

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Mexican-American War

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This map shows the U.S. _______ the war with Mexico.

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just after

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What was the name of the land sale that moved the Mexican-American border to where it is today? Options: Gasden Purchase, Louisiana Purchase, Jakku Purchase, Mexican Purchase

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Gasden Purchase

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Creole priest who called for Mexico to become independent of Spain

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla