Mexican American War

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

What does this image represent?

• Mexican Cession
• Gadsden Purchase
• Oregon Territory
• Texas Annexation

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct
• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

What was the Treaty called that ended the Mexican American War?

• The Treaty of Versailles
• The Treaty of Utrecht
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Adams-Onís Treaty

Annexation of Texas was controversial in the United States because ____________________________________.

• it would increase the number of states that did not allow slavery
• it could lead to war with Spain
• it would increase the number of states that allowed slavery
• it would interfere with Manifest Destiny

What was one outcome of the US-Mexican War?

• The United States gained control of the Oregon Country.
• Land acquisition by the U.S.
• Texas and the new territories had to give up slavery.
• Mexicans living in the new territories had to move to Mexico.

What was one of the reasons many Americans wanted to annex Texas?

• Northern States wanted another slave state
• Oil production
• Manifest Destiny
• none of the above

Who was President of the United States when Texas was annexed?

• President Polk
• President Tyler
• President Clay
• President Houston

Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?

• Texas Revolution
• American Revolution
• US Mexican War
• Civil War

What is Manifest Destiny?

• Texas' future to reach the Pacific ocean.
• Americans' belief that it was their God given right to own the land from East to West, from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
• An angel flying through the air from East to West.
• The progress of the White man