U.S. War with Mexico

Mexico considered the southern boundary of Texas to be the _____ River while Texas maintained the border was at the Rio Grande.

• Brazos
• Nueces
• Colorado
• Guadalupe

Mexican troops attacked the American soldiers camped near the Rio Grande, prompting U.S. President _____ to declare war on Mexico.

• Franklin Pierce
• James K Polk
• Zachary Taylor
• Martin Van Buren 

In the treaty, Mexico surrendered the area called _____, which included all of the modern states of California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

• The disputed territories 
• The Mexican Cession
• New Spain
• The Spanish Homelands

What treaty ended the Mexican-American war and gave the USA land in the Southwest (the Mexican Cession)?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Treaty of Paris

What 3 areas did James K. Polk add to the United States?

• Annexation of Texas, Oregon Country and Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Purchase, Oregon Country, Funded Lewis and Clark Expedition
• San Francisco Gold Rush, Oregon Country, and Cession of Mexico
• Florida, Oregon country, Louisiana Purchase

The town of Sonoma was the site of this conflict.

• Bear Flag Revolt

• Californios Revolt

• Mountain Men Revolt

This document gave the US much of Mexico's northern territory.

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Manifest Destiny

• The Mexican-American War

• The Mexican Cession

Land gained from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after Mexican-American War

• section A

• section B

• section C

• section D

Gadsden Purchase (paid Mexico 10 million, wanted to build a railroad)

• section A

• section B

• section C

• section E

The belief that the United States should reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific... from "Sea to shining Sea".

• Annexation

• Cession

• Joint Resolution

• Manifest Destiny