Mexican American War

Where was the traditional southern border of Texas?

• Brazos River
• Nueces River
• Rio Grande
• Red River

What document created the Texas claim to a border at the Rio Grande?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Velasco

Whose election pushed forward the Annexation of Texas?

• Zachary Taylor
• John Tyler
• James K. Polk
• William Henry Harrison

Who was ordered to lead an army into the Nueces Strip?

• Zachary Taylor
• Winfield Scott
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee

Which fort was constructed opposite Matamoros, eventually becoming Fort Brown and Brownsville?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Polk
• Fort Texas
• Fort Hood

Where was the first blood of the Mexican-American War spilled?

• Resaca de la Palma
• Rancho Carricitos
• Fort Texas
• Monterrey, Mexico

Which was the first battle of the Mexican-American War?

• Cerro Gordo
• Resaca de la Palma
• Fort Brown
• Palo Alto

Who said, "Mexico has …invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil"?

• James K. Polk
• Zachary Taylor
• Windield Scott
• Abraham Lincoln

Who demanded that the "spot" where "American blood was shed upon the American soil" be shown to be American soil?

• James K. Polk
• Zachary Taylor
• Windield Scott
• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the American officer killed at Palo Alto, who invented "Flying Artillery"?

• Seth Thornton
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Samuel Ringgold
• John Brown