U.S. Mexico War Video Lesson

This painting is about the idea of ​ (a)   .

​ (a)   is the belief that the United States was meant to control the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Identify which territory will cause war to break out between the United States and Mexico.

​The Treaty of ​ (a)   ended the Mexican-American War.

Which treaty ended the war?

Which TWO [2] of these areas of the U.S. once belonged to the country of Mexico?

• -

• YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS

The reason President James K. Polk gave when he asked Congress to declare war against Mexico was to stop ​Mexican ​ (a)   against U.S. ​ (b)   .

A border dispute led to the Mexican/American War. Match the river with the country that claimed that river was the boundary.

Nueces - (a)  

Rio Grande - (b)