Causes of the Mexican-American War

U.S. President Polk and many other white Americans believed it was the country’s destiny to expand westward. What was that belief called?

• American Expansion

• Westward We Go

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Destiny

Before the war, Mexico claimed that the border between the U.S. and Mexico was the...

• Rio Grande River

• Nueces River

• Mississippi River

Before the war, the U.S. claimed that the border between Mexico and the U.S. was the...

• Rio Grande River

• Nueces River

• Missouri River

What year did the Mexican-American War begin?

• 1835

• 1808

• 1846

• 1861

James K Polk was the president of which country before and during the Mexican-American War?

• Mexico

• The United States

General Santa Anna was the president of which country before and during the Mexican-American War?

• Mexico

• United States

Which of these was NOT a cause of the Mexican-American War?

• The U.S. annexing (taking control of) Texas

• President Polk and other white Americans believing in Manifest Destiny

• President Polk sending U.S. soldiers to the Rio Grande River

• Mexico annexing (taking control of) land from the U.S.

What year did the Mexican-American War end?

• 1848

• 1865

• 1821

• 1836