Mexican American War Causes and Outcome

What was the leading cause to start of the Mexican American war?

• Boundary disputes
• Mexico did not recognize Texas' statehood
• Manifest Destiny
• All of the above

The treaty that ended the Mexican American war was called the "Treaty of _____?"

• Versailles
• Paris
• Guadalupe Hidalgo
• None of the above

Manifest Destiny to the idea that the United States should reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

• True
• False

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

who is the famous Mexican General that fought in the Mexican-American war.

• Taylor robinson
• Santa Anna
• robert heras
• scott brunos

What did the Compromise of 1850 aim to settle?

• uproar over the impact of protective tariffs on the Southern economy

• the conflict over the balance of free and slave states in the United States

• disputes between the United states and Mexico over ownership and control of Texas

• the disputed results of the presidential race between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden

What was the name of the treaty that officially ended the Mexican-American War?

• the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• the Treaty of Francisco Gonzales
• the Treaty of Antonio Lopez
• the Treaty of Brazos Colorado

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the _______________ river the boundary between Texas and Mexico

• Nueces

• Sabine

• Colorado

• Rio Grande

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• The Senate would vote
• The House of Representatives would vote
• The President would vote
• Popular sovereignty

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories
• removal of European influence from South America
• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
• secession of southern states from the nation