Tension with Mexico

Poll

Would you rather have super-sensitive taste buds or super-sensitive hearing?

• Taste

• Hearing

Draw

Today's lesson is called Tensions with Mexico. Draw what comes to mind when you hear the word tension.

Poll

Do you think Mexico accepted Polk's offer?

• Yes

• No

• Gave a counter offer

Open Ended

If you were a historian, what would you name this conflict? 

Relevant Information:

~Mexico vs United States

~April 25, 1846 (Date of skirmish) May 13 (Official declaration of war) – February 2, 1848

~President Polk (US)

~President Santa Anna (Mexico)

Multiple Choice

What effect did the Battle of the Alamo have on the Mexican-American War?

• It led to the unconditional surrender of the Mexican Army

• It enabled Texas to join the United States

• It drummed up American anger against Mexico before the war began

• It preceded the American attack against Mexico City

Multiple Choice

What role did Abraham Lincoln play in the Mexican-American War?

• As President, he ordered American troops to attack

• As a Congressman, he opposed it

• As a Senator, he voted in favor of the war

• He was a close advisor to the sitting President

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to visit land that the United States bought from Mexico a few years after the Mexican-American war, where would you go?

• Central Ohio

• Southern New Mexico

• Eastern Oregon

Multiple Choice

What can you infer about how the Mexican-American War affected General Zachary Taylor's career?

• It made him so popular that he was soon elected President

• It enabled him to serve as Governor of Texas for two decades

• It ruined his prospects for ever being elected to public office

• It made him extremely popular in Mexico, but unpopular in the US

Multiple Choice

Why did the Mexican-American War cause lingering resentment among Mexicans?

• Any major military defeat is bound to upset the populace

• They were close to winning the war until the very end

• It was an unprovoked war that resulted in the loss of more than half of their land

• Mexican citizens lost their right to vote and own property after the war

Multiple Choice

Place the following events in sequence, from left to right: A) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; B) Battle of the Alamo; C) Texas becomes a U.S. state.

• A, C, B

• B, C, A

• C, B, A

• B, A, C