
Causes of the Mexican-American War
Authored by Gregory Pope
Social Studies
5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
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
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Before the war, Mexico claimed that the border between the U.S. and Mexico was the...
Rio Grande River
Nueces River
Mississippi River
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What year did the Mexican-American War begin?
1835
1808
1846
1861
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
James K Polk was the president of which country before and during the Mexican-American War?
Mexico
The United States
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
General Santa Anna was the president of which country before and during the Mexican-American War?
Mexico
United States
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
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.
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