causes and effects of the Mexican American war 1

The Alamo was a __________.

• River
• Mission
• Mountain
• Field

Why did President Polk want Mexican territory?

• He wanted to expand the US
• The land had good resources
• He needed room to build a mansion for his cats
• To get Shrek'd

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

• President Polk
• Macys cat Oliver
• Thomas Jefferson 
• John Quincy Adams 

Where did the war start? 

• Nueces river
• In a galaxy far far away 
• Modern day Mexican border 
• Rio Grande 

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

• Sam Houston
• William B. Travis
• James Fannin
• Santa Anna

Who won the Mexican-American War?

• Mexico

• The United States

The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsen Purchase

What was the Mexican Cession?

• a $15 million deal with the US where Mexico gave up claims to the Southwest
• the idea that the US should extend from coast to coast
• sharing of powers between state and federal government

Who proposed the compromise of 1850?

• Henry Clay
• Abraham Lincoln
• Frederick Douglass
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850

• Oregon
• California
• Michigan
• Iowa