Mexican-American War

Texas joined the United States as the 28th state in the year

• 1836
• 1845
• 1718
• 1824

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

• Nueces River
• Sabine River
• Colorado River
• Rio Grande River

Texas joined the United States through a process called

• expedition
• veto
• annexation
• joint resolution

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

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 word means "the belief in the God given right to move West"?

• Manifest Destiny
• Land Speculator
• Decree
• Ordinance

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What war did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo bring an end to

• Texas American war
• Mexican Revolu
• Mexican-American War
• Indian War

What was the name of the land sale that moved the Mexican-American border to where it is today? 

• Gasden Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• Jakku Purchase 
• Mexican Purchase

The Mexican war ended in what year?

• 1848
• 1849
• 1851

What year did the Mexican American war begin?

• 1946
• 1746
• 1846
• 2046

_______ is the idea that God wanted America to have land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• Providence
• The Spoils System
• Manifest Destiny
• Destiny of the USA