Mexican-American War

Who was the president during the time of the Mexican-American War?

• Andrew Jackson
• James K. Polk
• John Adams
• James Monroe

______ was a belief by Americans that the United States should push west to the Pacific Ocean

• Manifest Destiny
• Abolition
• Guadalupe
• Secession

What war did the United States finally accomplish its Manifest Destiny expansion

• Spanish-American War
• The Civil War
• Texas Revolution
• Mexican-American War

_________ was when the US paid Mexico $10 million for what is now Arizona and New Mexico.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Gadsden Purchase
• New Mexico and Arizona Purchase
• Guadalupe Purchase

Which of the following Ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its north territory to the United States?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Gadsden Purchase
• New Mexico and Arizona Purchase
• Guadalupe Purchase

Who was a general in the war for the US and was important in helping the US win the war?

• William Travis
• Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna
• Zachary Taylor
• James K. Polk

The United States thought the border between the United States and Mexico was between the _________

• Nueces River
• Rio Grande River

Mexico thought the border between the United States and Mexico was along the __________.

• Nueces River
• Rio Grande River

____________ was a general for the United States army and was famous for his victory at Mexico City.

• James K. Polk
• Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna
• Winfield Scott
• Zachary Taylor

Which of the following was when Mexico gave its provinces of California and New Mexico up to the United States?

• Gadsden Purchase
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Mexican Cession
• None of the above